As we said in our previous Report, Gridlock or Growth, there remains a fundamental tension between the Government’s stated preference for a market-led approach to energy and the trend towards active government management. This is especially apparent in nuclear policy, where siting for gigawatt-scale plants has always required some degree of state backing. Given this reality, the Government needs to be considerably more explicit about what nuclear technologies it wants deployed and where it en...

As we said in our previous Report, Gridlock or Growth, there remains a fundamental tension between the Government’s stated preference for a market-led approach to energy and the trend towards active government management. This is especially apparent in nuclear policy, where siting for gigawatt-scale plants has always required some degree of state backing. Given this reality, the Government needs to be considerably more explicit about what nuclear technologies it wants deployed and where it envisages them being located. (Recommendation, Paragraph 20) Type: conclusion | Number: 2 | Response status: accepted Government response: We know that nuclear is an industry that demands long term thinking, which is why, building on our 2030 Clean Power Action Plan, we will set out plans for the energy system into the 2030s and beyond, including our ambitions and next steps on nuclear. We, alongside energy ministers in the Scottish an