In developing a Nuclear Strategic Plan the Government should answer the questions of: • what deployment of SMRs it wants to see, if any; • what technologies and vendors it intends to deploy, and whether they will be from a single supplier or multiple suppliers; • what sites should SMRs be located at; and • what financial model would be used to support the contribution of SMRs to electricity supply?

In developing a Nuclear Strategic Plan the Government should answer the questions of: • what deployment of SMRs it wants to see, if any; • what technologies and vendors it intends to deploy, and whether they will be from a single supplier or multiple suppliers; • what sites should SMRs be located at; and • what financial model would be used to support the contribution of SMRs to electricity supply? Type: recommendation | Number: 20 | Paragraph: 107 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The government sees SMRs as having a crucial role to play in our future energy mix as we transition to net zero and support our energy security. GBN has launched a Small Modular Reactor Technology Selection Process (TSP) to identify those companies best able to reach a project FID by 2029, which cou