Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has provided funding to the defence industry for the research and development of micro-reactor technology.

The Ministry of Defence is considering potential use cases for micro nuclear reactors in defence. There is obvious potential as both a low carbon, high density energy source and one that can offer new operational freedoms from a traditional fossil fuel supply chain. No Ministry of Defence funding has yet been allocated to defence industry for research and development of this technology.