Nuclear Power: Toshiba

Matt Warman Excerpts
Monday 12th November 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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It is an attractive market. That is one reason there is interest from several companies in the new nuclear opportunities available. Our market has always been open to overseas investment, and our commitments have attracted interest, not least in the next in the pipeline, which is Hitachi’s proposed investment in Wylfa in north Wales.

Matt Warman Portrait Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness) (Con)
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Small nuclear reactors have already been mentioned briefly today. May I invite the Secretary of State to go fractionally further than he did in his previous answer and say that when it comes to these smaller, cheaper, more efficient reactors, we should be looking not just at existing nuclear sites, but at other sites being decommissioned in the near future?

Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. One of the advantages of small modular reactors is that they can be deployed in a wider range of locations than the larger traditional reactors, and that is part of the attraction recognised in the sector deal.