UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy Report Net-Zero-Needs-Nuclear A-Roadmap-to-2024 published

Posted: 6th July 2021

Gordon Bennett here we go again!

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy (the guilty listed here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/210602/nuclear-energy.htm )   just published their Report “Net-Zero-Needs-Nuclear A-Roadmap-to-2024”  completed in May 2021).

·         Commence legislation for a new financing model for new nuclear projects (by end of 2021).

·         Confirm policy for new UK reactors to utilise fuel manufactured in the UK (end 2021).

·         Agree five-year funding and approach for delivery of an AMR demonstrator (end 2021).

·         National Policy Statement on siting of new build projects, including SMRs and AMRs (early 2022).

·         Establish the policy and legislative framework to enable the UK deployment of fleet of SMRs by the early 2030s (early 2022).

·         Support final investment decision for Sizewell C (autumn 2022).

·         Commit to the next tranche of UKAEA’s STEP fusion programme, including site selection (end 2023).

·         Enact regulatory changes to allow integration of modular reactors with urban and industrial systems, to allow the use of alternative fuels and coolants, and to support fusion energy (March 2024).

·         Commitment to at least one additional gigawatt-scale nuclear power plant, and to enable further Gigawatt-scale development (mid 2024).

Here are some news reports:-

5 days ago ... The Nuclear Energy APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group) report - Net Zero Needs Nuclear: A Roadmap to 2024 - argues that decisions are …

5 days ago ... A new Parliamentary report sets out what needs to happen over the next three years to … Net Zero Needs Nuclear: A Roadmap to 2024 (pdf) is written by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy, a forum for MPs …

6 days ago ... APPG report backs up what GMB members – who have provided low carbon … ‘No nuclear – no net zeroGMB tells Ministers as report outlines roadmap to 2024 ... no net zero’ as the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy ... the UK needs a balanced energy policy and without new nuclear there …

4 days ago ... ... Net Zero, according to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy (APPG) ... on 30 June – “Net Zero Needs Nuclear: A Roadmap to 2024”. ... Nuclear is the only clean power source the UK can rely on to stabilise …

5 days ago ... The Nuclear APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group) report says UK … Titled ‘Net Zero Needs Nuclear: A Roadmap to 2024’ it argues that …

4 days ago ... The report – Net Zero Needs Nuclear: A Roadmap to 2024 – says the … Plans for the Wylfa Newydd power station on Anglesey have been given a … a report from the Nuclear APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group) which calls …



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