Fifth Special Report - Nuclear energy in Wales: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report

This is the government's response, published 7 July 2023.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government responds to the Committee's recommendations mainly by pointing to Great British Nuclear and a new National Policy Statement, while stating that "no decisions have been taken over which technologies future projects will proceed with, or at which sites".

• On Wylfa Newydd, it says any decision to sell the site is "a commercial decision for Hitachi", and that Great British Nuclear "will be working with Government on access to potential sites".
• It will develop a new National Policy Statement for new nuclear power stations beyond 2025, and "will consult later this year" on a policy for how new developments could be sited in future.
• On Great British Nuclear, its first priority is a competitive process to select Small Modular Reactor technologies, with "an ambition to assess and decide on the leading technologies by autumn". Development funding is "subject to future Spending Reviews".
• On local content, it says this is "a commercial decision for developers to make", while it "welcomes" companies supporting local regions.

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