Question follow-through · 92259
Small Modular Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the waste heat from SMR turbine halls is used in a way that contributes to achieving net zero.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the waste heat from SMR turbine halls is used in a way that contributes to achieving net zero.
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2025
Answer published
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) will play an important role in helping the UK achieve our energy security and net zero ambitions. Government recognises the potential role of SMRs in energy sectors beyond electricity generation, including as a source of low ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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