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1585315

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date	08/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Nuclear Reactors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to speed up the approval process for modular nuclear reactors.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	142880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government invested up to £12m with the UK’s nuclear regulators between 2017 and 2022 under the Nuclear Innovation Programme, to build regulatory capability for small and advanced modular reactors (SMR and AMR).</p><p> </p><p>With this funding, the regulators modernised the Generic Design Assessment process introducing efficiencies while maintaining rigour and updated their Technical Assessment Guidance and Assessment Principles for regulating SMRs and AMRs.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the British Energy Security Strategy, the Government will work with the regulators to understand the potential for additional streamlining or removing of duplication from the regulation of new nuclear power stations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/02/2023 14:48:14 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1585486

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Nuclear Reactors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to help support the molten salt reactor sector.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	142693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>In 2020 the Government established a £385m Advanced Nuclear Fund (ANF) to support the development of Small and Advanced Modular Reactors (SMRs and AMRs).</p><p> </p><p>The ANF includes support for an AMR Research, Development &amp; Demonstration (RD&amp;D) programme which seeks to demonstrate an AMR by the early 2030s to understand the potential of advanced reactors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government decided to focus the AMR RD&amp;D programme on demonstrating High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (HTGRs). The Government supports the development of all types of advanced nuclear technologies including molten salt reactors as part of wider policy activities, such as access to regulation.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/02/2023 13:50:02 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1584314

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Nuclear Reactors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support his Department provides for the development of British based nuclear (a) small and (b) advanced modular reactors.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	140013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government has committed up to £385m to an Advanced Nuclear Fund. Of this, £210m has been awarded to support development of the Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design, potentially capable of deployment in the UK in the early 2030s. The Rolls-Royce SMR entered the Generic Design Assessment process in March becoming the first SMR to begin UK nuclear regulation. The Advanced Nuclear Fund also supports AMRs. Phase B of the open AMR R&amp;D competition launched in December 2022 to provide up to £55 million to fund up to two different projects to develop detailed FEED+ studies.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/02/2023 11:04:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1568630

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Nuclear Reactors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on the programme for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	127692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Small Modular Reactors could have an important role to play in the UK energy system in the transition to net zero by 2050 and in support of energy security.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has awarded £210m to support development of the Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design. The Rolls-Royce SMR entered the Generic Design Assessment process in March becoming the first SMR to begin UK nuclear regulation.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the British Energy Security Strategy, the Government intends to initiate a selection process in 2023 for the next nuclear projects, including SMRs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 14:43:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1568649

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Nuclear Reactors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of global (a) demand and (b) supply of small modular nuclear reactors.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	127695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p><em><strong>Global SMR Demand</strong></em></p><p>In 2014, The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) estimated the size of the potential global Small Modular Reactor (SMR) market to be significant. This was calculated at approximately 65-85GW and valued at £250-£400bn by 2035. These findings were published as part of the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nnl.co.uk%2Fsmr-feasibility-study-december-2014%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cac37d1e618cc4d2cefe108daffa57f5f%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638103383505488741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hhHdPxJg8PptEq7NBdoNeIYzhBeMunoTeT4oPhp51pU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">NNL Feasibility Study</a> on SMRs.</p><p><em><strong>Global SMR Supply</strong></em></p><p>The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitors the global supply of advanced reactor systems. The IAEA’s Advanced Rector Information System identifies that there are more than 80 different advanced reactor designs under development in 18 countries.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 14:47:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1567585

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Nuclear Reactors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of small modular nuclear reactors in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	125515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>Small Modular Reactors could have an important role to play in the UK energy system as the UK transitions to net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has awarded £210m to support development of the Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design. The Rolls-Royce SMR entered the Generic Design Assessment process in April becoming the first SMR to begin UK nuclear regulation.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the British Energy Security Strategy, the Government intends to initiate a selection process in 2023 for the next nuclear projects, including SMRs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/01/2023 12:01:47 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson