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Nuclear Power Stations: Migrant Workers

Commons · Question 24987 · Tabled 20 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2025

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Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20338 on Nuclear Power Stations: Migrant Workers, what his Department's definition is of critical systems for nuclear power plants.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 28 Jan 2025

DESNZ defines critical systems as any function (an aggregation of operational technology, information and specific areas within a civil nuclear installation) that is critical to preventing the theft or sabotage of nuclear material.