Question follow-through · 23174

Radioactive Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Geological Disposal Facility, what progress has she made

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Geological Disposal Facility, what progress has she made

  2. 2 Sept 2026

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  3. 7 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The UK Government is committed to implementing geological disposal. A Geological Disposal Facility is essential for the safe, permanent disposal of the UK’s most hazardous radioactive waste from both legacy sites and new nuclear projects. DESNZ continues ...

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Radioactive Waste

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 23174 on Radioactive Waste: Waste Management, by when will he have delivered the a) review, b) update of the programme’s business case