Source · Select Committees · Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Recommendation 14
14
Acknowledged
Paragraph: 77
Standardised nuclear fleets offer potential cost benefits with mitigated operational risks.
Conclusion
An essential requirement will be to resolve of the questions of whether a standardised fleet of nuclear power plants, using serial versions of the same reactor technology, has the potential to benefit the UK as new knowledge and resources can be transferred from one project to the next, reducing the risk of construction and cost overruns. The inevitable objection that such a strategy embeds the risk that operational issues identified with one power plant could affect the entire fleet can be mitigated be using tried and tested underlying technologies and engineering and careful sequencing of any innovation.
Government Response Summary
The government stated it is continuing to consider how all nuclear technologies could contribute to UK energy security and climate change targets.
Paragraph Reference:
77
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
and is continuing to consider how all technologies could further contribute to UK energy security and meeting climate change targets.