Small Modular Reactors

UK / SMR Plans Remain Unclear And Case For Some Key Benefits ‘Not Yet Proven’, Say MPs

By David Dalton
13 February 2024

Government plans to deliver nuclear reactors ‘lack clarity’ and unlikely to contribute to net zero goal

SMR Plans Remain Unclear And Case For Some Key Benefits ‘Not Yet Proven’, Say MPs
Rolls-Royce SMR is one of the companies hoping to build small modular reactors in the UK. Courtesy Rolls-Royce SMR.
Despite pledging £215m (€252m, $271m) to advance small modular reactors (SMRs) in the UK, government policy on the role of the reactors in the country’s energy mix remains unclear and the case for some of the key benefits they offer “is not yet proven”, MPs have warned.

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