Nuclear Power Stations
Energy and Climate Change
Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what timetable he has set for the confirmation of planning permissions for the next generation of nuclear power stations.
David Kidney (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Energy and Climate Change; Stafford, Labour)
The Office for Nuclear Development has published an indicative timeline for the new nuclear build programme on their website. It sets out at a strategic level how the key parts of the new nuclear programme fit together.
The timeline shows we expect to publish and consult on the draft Nuclear National Policy Statement (NPS) in the autumn of this year. We expect the Nuclear NPS to be designated in the spring of next year and the IPC will be ready to receive applications shortly after this.
The indicative timeline can be viewed at: