Source · Select Committees · Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Recommendation 15

15 Acknowledged Paragraph: 78

Choose between standardised nuclear fleets for cost or diverse reactor designs for security.

Conclusion
The Government, through Great British Nuclear, must choose between the potential cost benefits of a standardised nuclear fleet of gigawatt reactors and the energy security and resilience that a diversity of reactor designs provides.
Government Response Summary
The government is continuing to consider how all technologies could contribute to UK energy security and meeting climate change targets, without making a specific choice between standardised or diverse reactor designs.
Paragraph Reference: 78
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.