The Government has taken significant steps to protect UK leadership in nuclear R&D in the event of a no deal.<\/p>
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Key bilateral agreements have been put in place to facilitate continued research collaboration with countries including Canada and the USA, and a major funding extension (until the end of 2020) for the UK-based JET fusion research facility has been agreed with the European Commission. Similarly, the executive council of the France-based ITER fusion project agreed in November 2018 to maintain UK employment and commercial contracts until their agreed end date in a no deal.<\/p>
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Successful, competitive UK funding bids submitted under the Euratom Research & Training Programme before the end of 2020 have also been guaranteed by the UK Government, and close working with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is ongoing to ensure we are ready to deliver this funding from exit day if required.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4039", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Orpington"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Joseph Johnson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-08-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-08-21T14:28:48.93Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Nuclear Power: Research"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's Guidance on how to prepare for Brexit if there's no deal, which parts of the Government\u2019s plan for nuclear research in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal have been implemented.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4128", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chuka Umunna"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Streatham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chuka Umunna"} ], "uin" : "279475"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/908981", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/908981/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK\u2019s objective is to seek a close association with the Euratom Research and Training Programme, including JET and ITER, following the UK\u2019s withdrawal from the EU. My rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister reiterated this aim in her Jodrell Bank speech on 21 May, stating that the UK would like the option to fully associate ourselves with the excellence-based European science and innovation programmes, including Euratom Research and Training, and would be willing to make an appropriate financial contribution.<\/p>
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On 23 May, the UK published its vision for the future UK-EU partnership on science and innovation[1], including on nuclear research, setting out the UK\u2019s vison for a far-reaching science and innovation pact. Discussions about a potential future framework for collaboration on Science and Innovation are held with the Department for Exiting the European Union on an ongoing basis. UK officials had early discussions about such a potential framework, including the Euratom Research and Training Programme, with the EU\u2019s Taskforce 50 on 22nd May and further discussions will be had in due course.<\/p>
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