The Government should progress the consultation on the new NPS EN-7 for nuclear power and should meet its previously stated deadline of early 2025, and ideally publish the new NPS earlier than the deadline. Any update should identify where reactors smaller than 1 GW can be sited, as well as sites for larger reactors. (Paragraph 267) Nuclear decommissioning and waste

The Government should progress the consultation on the new NPS EN-7 for nuclear power and should meet its previously stated deadline of early 2025, and ideally publish the new NPS earlier than the deadline. Any update should identify where reactors smaller than 1 GW can be sited, as well as sites for larger reactors. (Paragraph 267) Nuclear decommissioning and waste Type: recommendation | Number: 56 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: As an initial step in the development of the new nuclear National Policy Statement, the developments could be sited in future. The intention is to publish this consultation before the end of 2023. This consultation will also address the possibility of deploying Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and othe