Nuclear Power
(asked on 11th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the share of energy produced by nuclear in the next year.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government has been in constructive negotiations on the Sizewell C project since January 2021 and aims to take a final investment decision in 2023, subject to all relevant approvals.
The British Energy Security Strategy announced the Government’s ambition of reaching up to 24GW of nuclear power by 2050. The Strategy also announced the Great British Nuclear (GBN) vehicle, which will be tasked with helping projects through every stage of the development process and developing a resilient pipeline of new build projects. This will be launched later this year.