Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether risk assessments have been undertaken to assess the risk of Torness nuclear power station having to go offline before 2028.

Torness, like other Advanced Gas-Cooled reactor power stations, is subject to graphite cracking, which limits its safe operational life.

Operational dates of the nuclear fleet are kept under constant review by EDF and the Office for Nuclear Regulator (ONR) with any extensions being agreed between them. The Department is in regular communication with EDF and the ONR but has no formal role in these decisions.