Source · Select Committees · Welsh Affairs Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Accepted
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Publish a medium to long-term nuclear energy generation programme, including Wylfa and Trawsfynydd.
Recommendation
We welcome the UK Government’s announcement that it will deliver a programme of new nuclear projects. We recommend that the Government publishes a medium to long-term programme for nuclear energy generation. The programme must set out how it will achieve its ambitions of up to 24GW of nuclear energy by 2050 and must state which technologies (gigawatt-scale or Small Modular Reactor) the Government wants to be built, where and on what timescale. The programme should also include clear statements of the Government’s intentions for the Wylfa and Trawsfynydd sites.
Government Response Summary
The government commits to developing a new National Policy Statement (NPS) to outline planning policy for deploying new nuclear power stations beyond 2025. As a first step, it will consult later this year on a policy for how new nuclear developments could be sited in the future, which will inform the NPS.
Paragraph Reference:
74
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
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.