Found: so could you set out—this is probably to you initially, Mr Evans —what share of UK energy supply small

Found: so could you set out—this is probably to you initially, Mr Evans —what share of UK energy supply small

Found: so could you set out—this is probably to you initially, Mr Evans —what share of UK energy supply small

Found: director of GB Nuclear on the radio earlier this week saying that there will be no possibility of small

Found: I think small modular reactors will have a huge export market, driven by the increasing nuclear ambitions

Found: oRolls Royce SMR in Derby Secured £490mn of investment for its small modular reactors programme

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they gave, in deciding on introducing additional electricity generation by way of new gas facilities, to whether these requirements could have been met by accelerating the small modular reactors programme.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

A range of sources of generation contribute to system flexibility, especially when the wind isn't blowing or the sun isn't shining. In the case of nuclear, Great British Nuclear is running a Technology Selection Process for Small Modular Reactors. The Government’s aim is to run the fastest competition of its kind in the world, to identify technologies with the potential to deliver projects in the mid-2030s.

In the immediate term, to maintain security of electricity supply, a limited amount of new gas capacity is needed as the main mature technology capable of providing sustained flexible capacity.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the delay in Great British Nuclear's selection of small modular reactor designs for public support and its awarding of contracts for development.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

At Spring Budget, we announced the launch of the next phase of the Great British Nuclear (GBN) Small Modular Reactor selection process, allowing vendors to bid for potentially multi-billion-pound technology development contracts. It is important that this process is robust. Companies will have until June to submit their tender responses, at which point GBN will assess these and negotiate final contracts, with the goal of announcing successful bidders later in 2024. The aim is for the competition to be the fastest of its kind in the world.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the reason for the further delay in Great British Nuclear making a decision on selecting small modular reactor designs, which was to have been by the spring to allow for development contracts to be agreed by the summer, and what is now the proposed schedule.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

There is no delay. At Spring Budget, we announced the launch of the next phase of the Great British Nuclear (GBN) Small Modular Reactor selection process, allowing vendors to bid for potentially multi-billion-pound technology development contracts. It is important that this process is robust. Companies will have until June to submit their tender responses, at which point GBN will assess these and negotiate final contracts, with the goal of announcing successful bidders later in 2024. The aim is for the competition to be the fastest of its kind in the world.

Found: Whether it’s large power plants, small modular reactors or the next generation of advanced modular reactors

Found: also considering whether the RAB model could be applied to other low carbon technologies, such as small

Found: other large-scale nuclear power plant, as well as stimulating the market for the next generation of Small