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Small Modular Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the small modular reactor competition run by Great British Nuclear, whether his Department is taking other steps to support the development of privately (a) funded and (b) o
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 15 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the small modular reactor competition run by Great British Nuclear, whether his Department is taking other steps to support the development of privately (a) funded and (b) o
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Nov 2024
Answer published
Great British Nuclear (GBN), the Government’s nuclear delivery body, is pushing forward with the small modular reactor competition – at the Autumn Budget it was confirmed GBN had entered negotiations with the four remaining bidders, with final decisions e...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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