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Third Report - Nuclear energy in Wales
Welsh Affairs Committee
HC 240
Published 3 May 2023
Recommendations
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 …
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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.
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14
Deferred
Para 73
New nuclear development at Wylfa remains uncertain without further concrete government commitment.
Recommendation
While we welcome what feels like small steps in the right direction towards new nuclear at Wylfa, we do still question how much further down the path we are now to seeing a successful development than we were when Hitachi …
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Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the need for settled policy and will develop a new National Policy Statement and consult on future nuclear siting this year, but states no decisions have been made on which technologies or sites, including Wylfa, will proceed.
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Conclusions (1)
5
Conclusion
Deferred
Para 30
We have heard from a wide range of industry representatives that Wylfa is one of the best sites for nuclear development and it is difficult to see how the UK Government can deliver its nuclear ambitions without taking forward a project at Wylfa. We consider that Wylfa should be the …
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the desire for a settled policy but states no decisions have been taken on which sites future projects will proceed with. It will develop a new National Policy Statement and consult later this year on future nuclear siting policy, while Great British Nuclear (GBN) will consider further large-scale projects.