Great British Nuclear: Modular Reactors Debate
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark
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Great British Nuclear: Modular Reactors
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)
We will hear from the noble Baroness first, then the noble Lord.
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP)
My Lords, the Minister may have seen in New Civil Engineer in the past week the interview with King’s College London research fellow Ross Peel, who could be broadly characterised as a supporter of new nuclear and small modular reactors. He expressed concern that with the focus on safety, which is going to be a huge community concern, there has not been the focus that there needs to be on the security of the new modular nuclear reactors. A huge amount of spending has kept the current ones secure—