Question follow-through · 109670
Oldbury Power Station: Small Modular Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on (a) local employment and (b) economic growth in the Thornbury and Yate constituency of deploying Small Modular Reactors at t
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on (a) local employment and (b) economic growth in the Thornbury and Yate constituency of deploying Small Modular Reactors at t
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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6 Feb 2026
Answer published
GBE-N owns the site at Oldbury-on-Severn and as a site which has previously hosted a nuclear power station, it has great potential for new nuclear. GBE-N will continue early work to evaluate the site, to ensure it is ready for future deployment. . The gov...
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