Small Modular Reactors
Lords · Question HL9158 · Tabled 7 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Blunkett
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to restricting the contracts and investment for small nuclear modular reactors to UK-based companies, with the majority of component parts to be produced in the UK.
Answer
Answered by Lord Wilson of Sedgefield, 21 Jul 2025
Following a robust, two-year procurement process, Great British Energy - Nuclear (GBE-N) has selected Rolls-Royce SMR as its preferred bidder to partner with to build the UK’s first small modular reactors, subject to final government approvals and contrac...