High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
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Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Chief Whip (Lord Kennedy of Southwark) (Lab Co-op)
My Lords, it is the turn of the Labour Benches.
Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab)
The short answer is yes. The slightly longer answer is that, as we move towards contract completion with Rolls-Royce for the small modular reactors, we want to ensure that 70% of the supply chain, both onsite and offsite, is through British construction.
Lord Trefgarne (Con)
My Lords, is not some of the work that would be done by the project that is the subject of the question of a highly sensitive nature? Is it properly protected?
Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab)
Sorry, I missed the middle of the noble Lord’s question. Is what properly protected—the fuel?
Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab)
Yes. There is a big focus on security of information across the nuclear space, including of course cybersecurity, and on making sure that we retain the intellectual property and the know-how that are so crucial for the safety of this technology.