Gigawatt-scale nuclear power stations use a known and well understood technology that can deliver dependable low carbon baseload electricity to the grid. Nuclear power is therefore an important option and could be used to produce a domestic supply of baseload power to the UK as part of the low carbon energy mix required to achieve the Government’s goals of increasing energy security and achieving net zero by 2050. However, the question of energy security must engage with the questions of sour...

Gigawatt-scale nuclear power stations use a known and well understood technology that can deliver dependable low carbon baseload electricity to the grid. Nuclear power is therefore an important option and could be used to produce a domestic supply of baseload power to the UK as part of the low carbon energy mix required to achieve the Government’s goals of increasing energy security and achieving net zero by 2050. However, the question of energy security must engage with the questions of sourcing of fuel and the risks of having a concentration of generating capacity in very large plants, which could be susceptible to outages as a result of te Type: conclusion | Number: 3 | Paragraph: 41 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: When the Government accepted the nuclear recommendations of Mission Zero - Independent Review of Net Zero, we agreed to produce a nuclear roadmap, which would set out next steps for civil nuclear. The roadmap will set out these next steps and