Priorities for Nuclear Research and Technologies

Inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee, 25 January 2017 to 25 January 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• Nuclear research and technology: Breaking the cycle of indecision - Evidence (Corrected oral and written evidence on the Inquiry into Nuclear research and technology: Breaking the cycle of indecision) (1 May 2017)
• 3rd Report - Nuclear research and technology: Breaking the cycle of indecision (2 May 2017)
• Nuclear research and technology: Breaking the cycle of indecision report - Government Response (15 September 2017)

Evidence sessions

• 21 February 2017: Professor Mike Tynan, Chief Executive, Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre; Professor Grace Burke, Director of Materials Performance Centre, University of Manchester; Dr Michael Bluck, Director of Centre for Nuclear Engineering, Imperial College, London
• 21 February 2017: Dr Rebecca Weston, Technical Director, Sellafield Ltd; David Orr, Senior Vice-President, Future Programmes and Technology, Rolls-Royce Nuclear; Tom Mundy, Executive Vice-President Program Development, Managing Director UK & Europe, NuScale Power
• 28 February 2017: Dr Adrian Simper OBE, Technology and Strategy Director, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA); Dr Richard Savage, Chief Nuclear Inspector, Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR); John Donald, Superintending Inspector, ONR; Xavier Mamo, Director R&D UK Centre, EDF Energy
• 28 February 2017: Jesse Norman MP, Minister for Energy and Industry, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS); Professor John Loughhead OBE FREng FTSE, Chief Scientific Adviser, BEIS; Craig Lucas, Director of Science and Innovation for Climate and Energy, BEIS
• 7 March 2017: Professor Paul Howarth, Chief Executive Officer, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL); Professor Ian Chapman, Chief Executive Officer, UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
• 7 March 2017: Dame Sue Ion, Chair, Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board; Lord Hutton of Furness, Chair, Nuclear Industry Association