Oldbury Power Station: Small Modular Reactors
Commons · Question 109670 · Tabled 29 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Claire Young
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on (a) local employment and (b) economic growth in the Thornbury and Yate constituency of deploying Small Modular Reactors at t
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 6 Feb 2026
GBE-N owns the site at Oldbury-on-Severn and as a site which has previously hosted a nuclear power station, it has great potential for new nuclear. GBE-N will continue early work to evaluate the site, to ensure it is ready for future deployment. . The gov...