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3rd Special Report – The new National Policy Statement for nuclear energy generation: Government Response

Published 19 November 2025

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The government's response

This document responds to 4th Report - The new National Policy Statement for nuclear energy generation.

This is the government's response, published 19 November 2025.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government welcomes parts of the Committee's report on EN-7, declines several recommendations including changes to section 2.4 and the Semi-Urban Population Density Criterion mapping, and makes a small number of specific commitments.

  • On regulatory duplication, it says it does "not share this assessment" of industry evidence, because the NSIP regime must judge project viability. On Recommendation 7 it believes the current section 2.4.5 "strikes the appropriate balance".
  • On guidance, it is developing supplementary information for EN-7 and says it "will publish the supplementary information shortly" and update it as lessons are learned.
  • On conditional commencement (Grampian conditions), it judges that explicit support in the NPS "is not required", but "can look at this again during future reviews of EN-7".
  • On the Semi-Urban Population Density Criterion, it proposes to keep the requirement to consult the HSE rather than publish a map, and says EN-7 "will be reviewed at least every 5 years".

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