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Richard Harrington corrected a written answer on Nuclear Reactors: Investment

7 December 2017 · Commons written answer · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mrs Pauline Latham (Conservative, Mid Derbyshire) asked written question 116915 on 30 November 2017. Richard Harrington answered on 7 December 2017 for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and Richard Harrington corrected the answer on 7 December 2017. The corrected text adds the figure £56 million, which the original did not give. Altogether 66 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of levels in investment in the development of Small Modular Reactors in the next 12 months.

Original and corrected answer

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The Techno-Economic Assessment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) includes estimates of the likely capital requirements of SMR vendors and developers. We expect to publish the Techno-Economic Assessment of SMRs shortly.On 7 December Government announced a package of nuclear measures, including up to £56 million for advanced nuclear technologies over the next 3 years. Full details of our announcement on next steps for the development of advanced technologies in the UK can be found at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-12-07/HCWS322/

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Read fromhttps://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/798008?expandMember=true
Date read15 October 2026
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