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Nuclear Power: Torness

Asked by Graeme DownieLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 8 June 2026UIN 4856

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of whether Torness could host (a) Small Modular Reactors and (b) large-scale nuclear development.

Answered by Michael Shanks

In Autumn 2025, Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) was commissioned by Department Ministers to assess Scotland’s potential for new nuclear power, whilst the government has also tasked GBE-N with identifying suitable sites that could host a potential large-scale new nuclear project.

GBE-N will report to Ministers by Autumn 2026 on potential sites to inform future decisions in the next Spending Review and beyond.

Areas of Scotland such as Torness, which have previously hosted nuclear power stations, will have positive attributes for new nuclear.

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