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Written question asked by Gareth Johnson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 June 2014. It was answered by Michael Fallon (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 June 2014 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.


Nuclear Power

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of the UK's energy supply he expects to be obtained from nuclear energy in each of the next five years.

Answer

DECC’s most recent projections of future electricity generation were made as part of the EMR December Delivery Plan 2013. The percentage of total electricity generation expected from nuclear sources in each calendar year is shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Yearly percentage of total electricity generation expected from nuclear sources
Percentage of total generation from nuclear sources
2014
17.4
2015
17.6
2016
17.2
2017
17.3
2018
17.4
2019
17.4

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
201221; 583 c237W
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Energy supply Nuclear power
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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