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Third Report - Nuclear energy in Wales

Welsh Affairs Committee HC 240 Published 3 May 2023

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

17 items (9 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 17 of 17 classified

Accepted 6

Accepted in Part 1

Acknowledged 4

Deferred 3

Not Addressed 1

Rejected 2

Recommendations

1 result

6 Accepted in Part

Para 35

Pursue new gigawatt-scale nuclear plants alongside existing Small Modular Reactor policy.

Recommendation

While successfully developing a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) would present a huge opportunity for the UK, the technology is still in development phase. If the UK Government is serious about nuclear energy now it needs to pursue new gigawatt- scale … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government acknowledges the recommendation to pursue gigawatt-scale plants alongside SMRs, stating that while Great British Nuclear (GBN) will initially focus on SMRs, it will also support the government's consideration of further large Gigawatt-scale projects.

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