Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 28
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Development of small modular nuclear reactors globally faces significant delays.
Conclusion
We asked the Department why it was taking so long to get small modular nuclear reactors “up and going”.85 We also asked how it was going to make sure that a high percentage of the content of a modular nuclear reactor 75 Q 6 76 Q 8 77 National Energy Systems Operator, What happened with margins on 8 January?, 14 January 2025 78 Qq 6, 67 79 Q 7 80 Clean Power 2030 Action Plan: A new era of clean electricity, December 2024 81 Q 61 82 Qq 55, 61 83 Q 61 84 Qq, 61, 62 85 Q 62 16 was from the UK (which was not the case with offshore wind farms).86 The Department told us that there was nowhere in the world with an operating small modular nuclear reactor, and that it needed to make sure the procurement exercise for this technology was run appropriately.87 86 Q 64 87 Qq 62, 64 17