Select Committee · Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Revisiting the nuclear roadmap
Status: Open
Opened: 20 Feb 2025
The previous Government published Civil Nuclear: Roadmap to 2050 in January 2024. The roadmap committed to building a further large-scale reactor; delivering 3-7GW more of nuclear power every five years from 2030-2044; reaching 24GW of nuclear power on the grid by 2050 and developing government policy to support advanced nuclear technologies Like Small Modular Reactors. … Show more
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2026 | Lord Vallance · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Sam White · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | View ↗ |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Andy Mayall · Environment Agency, Dr Gareth Headdock · United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL), Mustafa Latif-Aramesh · Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce, Paul Fyfe · Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), Simon Bowen · Great British Energy – Nuclear | View ↗ |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Alastair Evans · Rolls Royce SMR, Leon Flexman · X-energy, Vanessa Jakovich · Freshfields | View ↗ |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Cllr Richard Rout · Suffolk County Council, Cllr Struan Mackie · Thurso and Northwest Caithness and Chair of Dounreay Stakeholder Group, David Cunningham, Mark Rouse · Nuclear Sector Skills Team, Sue Ferns · Prospect Trade Union, Zion Lights | View ↗ |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Dr Doug Parr · Greenpeace UK, Professor Fiona Rayment OBE · Dalton Nuclear Institute, previously the Chief Science and Technology Officer at the National Nuclear Laboratory, Professor Stephen Thomas · University of Greenwich, Sam Dumitriu · Britain Remade | View ↗ |
Who gave evidence
| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Alastair Evans · Director of Corporate Affairs | Rolls Royce SMR | 1 |
| Andy Mayall · Deputy Director of Nuclear and Radioactive Substa… | Environment Agency | 1 |
| Cllr Richard Rout · Chair of the New Nuclear Local Authorities Group | Suffolk County Council | 1 |
| Cllr Struan Mackie · Highland Councillor | Thurso and Northwest Caithness and Chair of Dounreay Stakeholder Group | 1 |
| David Cunningham | — | 1 |
| Dr Doug Parr · Chief Scientist and Policy Director | Greenpeace UK | 1 |
| Dr Gareth Headdock · Chief Science and Technology Officer | United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL) | 1 |
| Leon Flexman · Senior Director, UK Corporate Affairs | X-energy | 1 |
| Lord Vallance · Minister of State for Science, Research and Innov… | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 1 |
| Mark Rouse · Skills Director | Nuclear Sector Skills Team | 1 |
| Mustafa Latif-Aramesh · Nuclear Taskforce Member | Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce | 1 |
| Paul Fyfe · Director of Regulation – Futures | Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) | 1 |
| Professor Fiona Rayment OBE · Visiting Professor | Dalton Nuclear Institute, previously the Chief Science and Technology Officer at the National Nuclear Laboratory | 1 |
| Professor Stephen Thomas · Emeritus Professor of Energy Policy | University of Greenwich | 1 |
| Sam Dumitriu · Head of Policy | Britain Remade | 1 |
| Sam White · Deputy Director, Nuclear Power | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 1 |
| Simon Bowen · Chair | Great British Energy – Nuclear | 1 |
| Sue Ferns · Senior Deputy General Secretary | Prospect Trade Union | 1 |
| Vanessa Jakovich · Partner | Freshfields | 1 |
| Zion Lights | — | 1 |