Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in South Korea on (a) new nuclear power in the UK and (b) funding options for the proposed new nuclear power station at Moorside in Cumbria; and if he will make a statement.
The Government regularly engages with new build developers and has met counterparts in the Republic of Korea on a range of issues relevant to delivering new nuclear projects, including financing. These discussions are commercially sensitive.