Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 4 March 2025.
Tony Vaughan
Labour, Folkestone and Hythe
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Great British Nuclear on the potential merits of developing new nuclear power generation on the site of the Dungeness Power Station.
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Great British Nuclear (GBN) acquired sites at Wylfa (Ynys Mon/ Anglesey) and Oldbury-on-Severn (Gloucestershire) in 2024, although no decisions have yet been taken on any projects to be deployed at those sites.
In terms of other potentially suitable sites, the government recently published a consultation on a refreshed planning framework for new nuclear reactors (EN-7). The proposed planning framework provides a robust set of siting criteria, and the government would welcome developer interest in identifying potentially suitable sites using the framework as EN-7 moves towards designation later this year.
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