Source · Select Committees · Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Acknowledged
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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.
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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.