Mentions:
1: Virginia Crosbie (Con - Ynys Môn) gigawatt-scale project after Sizewell C, and to developing further large-scale nuclear in parallel with small - Speech Link
2: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - The Cotswolds) Will he particularly consider that we might be able to get small modular reactors and advanced modular - Speech Link
3: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) modular reactors, which are part of our commitment to making investment decisions on 3 to 7 GW every - Speech Link
Correspondence May. 03 2024
Committee: Environmental Audit CommitteeFound: Letter from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, relating to small modular reactors
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Roll-Royce's decision not to open a pressure vessel manufacturing facility to support the delivery of small modular reactors.
Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Nuclear vendors’ supply chain decisions are a matter for themselves to take. The Government has high ambitions for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) - the Great British Nuclear-led SMR selection process is to be both robust and the fastest competition of its kind in the world, enabling operational SMRs by the mid-2030s.
Alongside the range of other activities across the nuclear programme, this is a really exciting time for nuclear, which is creating significant supply chain opportunities.
Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
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.
Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government what support is available to businesses that export British civil nuclear technology, including small modular reactors.
Answered by Lord Offord of Garvel - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
My Department recognises that nuclear technology, including small modular reactors (SMRs), offers a significant UK export opportunity, which could create substantial economic benefits.
The Department for Business and Trade is proud to be supporting the sector, including SMR technology companies, and is working closely with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Ofiice, and across our overseas network, to offer a full range of support for UK exports to responsible nuclear nations.
This includes UK Export Finance, who can consider a range of options to support overseas sales, including loan guarantees for foreign buyers, and working capital, insurance and bond support products to assist UK suppliers.
Found: Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) 7 1.4 Nuclear energy statistics 8 UK
Feb. 09 2024
Source Page: Development of small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced modular reactors (AMRs): CoRWM position paperFound: Development of small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced modular reactors (AMRs): CoRWM position paper
Mentions:
1: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) We will deploy a fleet of small modular reactors and build up to 24 GW of nuclear by 2050. - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) Small modular nuclear reactors can bring energy to our towns and cities across the country very quickly - Speech Link
3: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) Friend will be pleased to know we are bringing forward small modular reactors and that the next phase - Speech Link
4: Dominic Raab (Con - Esher and Walton) modular nuclear reactors. - Speech Link
5: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) modular reactors to this country, as part the ambition for up to 25% of our electricity to come from - Speech Link
Mar. 07 2024
Source Page: Great British Nuclear to buy two Hitachi sites for new nuclear developmentFound: GBN also announced today that the six companies in Great British Nuclear’s (GBN) Small Modular Reactor
Mar. 07 2024
Source Page: Great British Nuclear to buy two Hitachi sites for new nuclear developmentFound: GBN also announced today that the six companies in Great British Nuclear’s (GBN) Small Modular Reactor