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Delivering nuclear power

Status: Closed Opened: 19 Jul 2022 Closed: 28 May 2024 25 recommendations 38 conclusions 1 report

Due to rising fuel prices, securing the UK’s energy supply is currently a top priority for the Government and is of great interest to the public. The Government’s Energy Security Strategy , published in April 2022, emphasised that nuclear power would play a key part in supplying the UK with baseload electricity, however there is …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Eighth Report - Delivering nuclear power HC 626 31 Jul 2023 63 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
41 Recommendation Eighth Report - Delivering nuclear power Rejected

Publish detailed financial figures on construction risk and cost to taxpayers for new gigawatt nuclear.

So far, the Government has not published financial figures which allow the cost of this risk transfer to be known. The Government must publish figures, before signing contracts for new gigawatt-scale nuclear, which allow a proper assessment of value for money to be made, including setting out the level and …

Government response. The government stated that while capital costs are under scrutiny, publishing sensitive financial information, including construction risk costs, prior to a final investment decision (FID) could undermine negotiations. It reaffirmed its commitment to publish a value for money assessment before …
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Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
18 Jan 2023 David Peattie · Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Declan Burke · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Mark Foy · UK Office for Nuclear Regulation, Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Simon Bowen · Great British Energy – Nuclear View ↗
14 Dec 2022 Claes Thegerström · Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co, Clive Nixon · Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Corhyn Parr · Nuclear Waste Services, Dr Robin Taylor · National Nuclear Laboratory, Janne Mokka · Posiva Oy, Professor Claire Corkhill · Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, Professor Katherine Morris · Dalton Nuclear Institute View ↗
23 Nov 2022 Dr Fiona Rayment OBE · National Nuclear Laboratory, Dr Ian Scott · MoltexFLEX Limited, Gethin Jenkins · Last Energy, John Eldridge · U-Battery, Laurent Odeh · Urenco, Tim Abram · University of Manchester, Tom Samson · Rolls-Royce SMR View ↗
9 Nov 2022 Corhyn Parr · Nuclear Waste Services, Dawn James · Jacobs, Dr Tim Stone CBE · Nuclear Industry Association, Ivan Baldwin · Bechtel, James Richardson · National Infrastructure Commission, Michael Drury · Terrestrial Energy, Michelle Catts · GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy View ↗
2 Nov 2022 Dr Paul Dorfman · Nuclear Consulting Group (NCG) and Associate Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), Sussex Energy Group, University of Sussex, Julia Pyke · Sizewell C, Paul Spence · EDF, Professor Francis Livens · Dalton Institute, Professor Laurence Williams · Imperial College London, Professor Michael Grubb · UCL, Professor Paul Norman · Birmingham Centre for Nuclear Education and Research View ↗

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
24 Apr 2023 — Correspondence from Andrew Bowie MP, Minister for Nuclear and Networks, in rela…
28 Feb 2023 — Correspondence from George Freeman MP, Minister of State in relation to the Fu…
1 Feb 2023 — Correspondence from the Committee to Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State…