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Small Modular Reactors

Asked by Dame Chi OnwurahLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 22 January 2025UIN 23756

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of full-time equivalent members of staff in Great British Nuclear work on the UK’s small modular reactor programme.

Answered by Michael Shanks

Great British Nuclear is driving forward its small modular reactor competition for UK deployment. To deliver on this mission, GBN has grown rapidly as an organisation and as of January 2025, GBN has c.145 FTE in total, of which c.90 FTE are focused directly on delivering the SMR programme.

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