Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 11:39 am ar 28 Mehefin 2018.
Lord Cunningham of Felling
Llafur
11:39,
28 Mehefin 2018
My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s Statement. It is the first positive Statement on civil nuclear power we have had for some time. It is a sad reflection that Britain was a world leader in this field and squandered that position, disastrously for future energy policy. Will our existing knowledge and future development of small modular reactors enable Britain once again to be a world leader in future nuclear technology? If so, the Statement is even more welcome.
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