Nuclear Reactors: Oldbury Power Station
Commons · Question 2992 · Tabled 19 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Claire Young
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential economic and social merits of a nuclear development at Oldbury to Thornbury and Yate constituency.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 1 Jun 2026
Great British Energy - Nuclear (GBE-N) owns the potential new nuclear site at Oldbury-on-Severn. As a site which has previously hosted a nuclear power station, Oldbury has great potential for new nuclear, and GBE-N will continue early work to evaluate the...