May. 22 2024
Source Page: New nuclear power plant earmarked for North WalesFound: New nuclear power plant earmarked for North Wales
Written Evidence Sep. 13 2023
Inquiry: Keeping the power on: our future energy technology mixFound: POW0036 - Keeping the power on: our future energy technology mix Nuclear Industry Association Written
May. 10 2024
Source Page: DESNZ: spending over £25,000, September 2023Found: & International - New Nuclear Strategy and Fusion Energy and Advanced Nuclear Technologies UK Atomic
Correspondence May. 15 2024
Committee: Energy Security and Net Zero CommitteeFound: Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP Secretary of State Department for Energy Security & Net Zero 55 Whitehall
Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions Ministers have had with (1) Tata Steel, (2) the Welsh Government, and (3) companies in the nuclear energy sector, concerning the possibility of constructing a small nuclear reactor at Port Talbot to provide energy for the manufacture of steel.
Answered by Lord Offord of Garvel - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The construction of a small nuclear reactor at Port Talbot to provide energy for the manufacture of steel has not been discussed as part of Tata Steel's plans for the construction of an Electric Arc Furnace at the site. The UK Government does not have a role in Tata Steel's energy purchasing arrangements, and the energy sources that Tata will choose to use are a commercial decision for them.
The Alternative Routes to Market for New Nuclear Projects consultation explored potential wider roles of nuclear energy beyond electricity generation, including large scale industrial applications. The consultation responses are now being analysed and will help shape future policy.
Mar. 24 2024
Source Page: PM announces national endeavour to strengthen the UK's nuclear deterrentFound: PM announces national endeavour to strengthen the UK's nuclear deterrent
Correspondence May. 24 2024
Committee: Energy Security and Net Zero CommitteeFound: Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to the announcement on large-scale nuclear market
Asked by: Selaine Saxby (Conservative - North Devon)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of total energy demand will be met by (a) oil, (b) gas and (c) nuclear in (i) 2025, (ii) 2030, (iii) 2035, (iv) 2040, (v) 2045 and (vi) 2050.
Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The table below sets out shares for oil, gas and nuclear consistent with a pathway to meeting the UK’s 6th Carbon Budget.
| 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | 2035 |
Gas (% of total energy) | 38% | 37% | 33% | 28% |
Oil (% of total energy) | 38% | 36% | 34% | 23% |
Electricity from nuclear (% of total energy) | 2% | 2% | 2% | 4% |
Electricity from nuclear (% of electricity) | 15% | 15% | 10% | 13% |
Beyond 2035, oil and gas use will need to continue to decline but will remain an important part of the energy mix and even when reaching net zero in 2050 oil and gas (combined) could still provide around a quarter of the UK's energy needs. The Government has set out an ambition for nuclear energy to provide up to around a quarter of the UK’s electricity needs by 2050 which would represent around 12% of expected total energy demand.
Found: Debate on the Civil Nuclear Roadmap
Mar. 07 2024
Source Page: Great British Nuclear to buy two Hitachi sites for new nuclear developmentFound: Great British Nuclear to buy two Hitachi sites for new nuclear development