Question follow-through · 23755
Small Modular Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of full-time equivalent members of staff in his Department work on supporting (a) advanced and (b) small modular nuclear reactors.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of full-time equivalent members of staff in his Department work on supporting (a) advanced and (b) small modular nuclear reactors.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2025
Answer published
Advanced nuclear policy which includes Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) is administered by the Net Zero, Nuclear, and International (NZNI) Group within the Department. This includes an advanced nuclear policy function, a ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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