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Nuclear Industry

I commend my hon. Friend on his leadership of the Committee and on its report. Has the Committee considered how long it would take to build a new batch of nuclear power stations? I understand that nuclear fusion would be workable in my lifetime––and, I hope, in that of my hon. Friend. The report did not cover that, but it is significant because it is important for the public to know that we will really need to build only one generation of nuclear power stations. Beyond that, I hope that nuclear fusion would have been developed to the stage when it can replace nuclear fission.