Select Committee · Environmental Audit Committee

Small modular reactors in the transition from fossil fuels

Status: Closed Opened: 19 Oct 2023 Closed: 3 May 2024

This inquiry will assess the factors hindering small modular reactor (SMR) deployment in the UK and the ways in which SMRs can be utilised to meet net zero targets and the 24GW nuclear power target by 2050. It will examine why there has been slow progress in the deployment of SMRs in the UK, how …

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
13 Dec 2023 Donald Urquhart · Office for Nuclear Regulation, Dr Gareth Headdock · United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL), Matthew Rooney · Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Simon Bowen · Great British Energy – Nuclear, Tom Greatrex · Nuclear Industry Association View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
3 May 2024 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, relating t…
13 Feb 2024 To cttee Letter from the EAC Chair to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net…