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Recommendation 7
7
Deferred
Include Trawsfynydd site as a potential SMR host in the Nuclear National Policy Statement.
Recommendation
The UK Government, and Great British Nuclear, should continue to engage with Cwmni Egino on its ambition for Trawsfynydd to become the first site to host Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in the UK. We urge the Government to include the Trawsfynydd site in the new Nuclear National Policy Statement as a potential site for SMRs. (Paragraph 36) Financing new neclear
Government Response Summary
The government states it will continue to engage with Cwmni Egino and will develop a new Nuclear National Policy Statement (NPS) to set out planning policy beyond 2025. It will consult later this year on siting policy for new nuclear developments, including SMRs, but does not explicitly commit to including Trawsfynydd at this stage.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
We look forward to continuing our engagement with Cwmni Egino. Government recognises the desire for a settled policy for new nuclear deployment and will develop a new National Policy Statement (NPS), which will set out the planning policy for deploying new nuclear power stations beyond 2025. The new nuclear NPS will take into account the significant changes in the nuclear landscape since the existing NPS was designated in 2011, including the potential for deployment of advanced nuclear technologies such as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). As a first step towards developing a new nuclear NPS, Government will consult later this year on a policy for how new nuclear developments could be sited in future. We welcome and look forward to receiving the views of the Committee during that consultation.