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1052376

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	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 Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential contribution that can be made to civil nuclear power generation in the UK of the development of small modular nuclear reactors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL13321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Diversity in our energy mix provides vital insurance against future uncertainty and in ensuring security of supply can be maintained. As part of this, nuclear power as well as other low carbon power technologies have an important role to play in the UK’s energy future as we transition to a low carbon economy.</p><p> </p><p>We regularly compare the impact on electricity system costs of deploying technologies, as well as assessing their impact on energy security, decarbonisation and consumer bills. This includes looking at the benefits smaller reactors can provide to the UK energy mix.</p><p> </p><p>Future updates to the analysis will also include considering the findings of the Expert Finance Working Group which was set up to advise Government on how small reactor projects could raise private investment in the UK, and the outputs from the Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) R&amp;D Programme of which all 8 participants have now submitted their feasibility studies.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 11/02/2019 15:34:37 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1052377

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	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 Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with a consortium comprising of Rolls-Royce, Arup and Laing O'Rourke regarding support for the development of small modular nuclear reactors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL13322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>We are considering a proposal from a UK Consortium into Wave 3 of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund that could result in a significant joint investment.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 07/02/2019 14:55:57 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1052378

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	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 Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have received on the size, in terms of output, of proposals to design and build small modular nuclear reactors in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL13323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Since 2015, the Government has engaged with over 30 small and advanced reactor vendors through initiatives such as the SMR Competition (March 2016 – December 2017) and the ongoing Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) Feasibility and Development Project.</p><p> </p><p>The sizes of individual reactor modules range from 4MWe – 465 MWe. Many vendors are designing reactors with the intention of multiple modules being deployed together, scaling up the generation output of an installation. This includes proposals for modular reactor power stations with the potential outputs around 1GWe. The reactor technology types range from conventional water-cooled reactors, to 4th generation reactors using novel fuels and coolants, as well as fusion reactor concepts.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 11/02/2019 15:36:51 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1052379

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	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 Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they are considering for the provision of power generation in the light of recent discussions on nuclear power generation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL13324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>This Government continues to believe that nuclear has an important role to play in the UK’s future energy mix, but it must represent good value for taxpayers and consumers. The Wylfa and Moorside projects were not due to be operational until the late 2020s, and there are a range of options for replacing this capacity over that time-frame. Both sites remain potential sites for nuclear new build under the current National Policy Statement, and myself and my officials remain willing to meet with any viable proponents wishing to develop these sites. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will set out a new approach to financing new nuclear in the planned energy White Paper in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 11/02/2019 15:37:41 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours