Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the similarities in design between the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong, China, and the plant being built at Hinkley Point C; and whether any changes to the Hinkley Point C design are being planned as a result of the recent problems at Taishan.

The site at Hinkley Point C will operate two European Pressurised Water Reactors (EPR), the same reactor design as the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant.

Any reactor deployed in the UK must meet the UK’s robust and independent regulatory requirement with the developer of Hinkley Point C applying relevant lessons learnt from other EPR projects during the construction of Hinkley Point C. The developer is working with the Office for Nuclear Regulation to ensure construction of the plant is delivered on time and to the required quality standards.