Question follow-through · 29908
Small Modular Reactors: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor and report on water usage by Small Modular Reactors.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
7 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor and report on water usage by Small Modular Reactors.
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2025
Answer published
Sustainable water usage is a crucial factor in the siting of any industry including small modular reactors, and for enabling a low carbon, secure energy infrastructure. The Environment Agency regulates water abstraction in England. The information provide...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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