Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the predicted date of (1) the end of the design period at the point of investment decision, and (2) the point of generating electricity commercially, for each small modular reactor projects planned by Great British Nuclear.

Great British Nuclear (GBN) is pushing forward its small modular reactor competition for UK deployment, which is based on fairness and transparency to ensure value for the British taxpayer. Final decisions will be taken in the spring.

GBN is seeking those technologies best able to facilitate commercially operational projects by the mid-2030s.