Copeland MP Trudy Harrison has stated she has been working alongside the Prime Minister to encourage nuclear in the district.
Trudy spoke on social media about talks with the Prime Minister on the value of civil nuclear.
Mrs Harrison said: "Having worked closely alongside the Prime Minister, talking most days about the value of civil nuclear, I know he will be the PM to lead us towards UK energy security.
"There is nowhere in Europe more experienced, more prepared, more shovel-ready for this necessary revolution than us in Copeland. Please help me to make sure we do not miss out on this opportunity again.
"Net Zero needs nuclear and Copeland needs this investment and, yes, we also want to produce our coking coal for the steel industry too; 180,000 tonnes of steel goes into a Rolls-Royce SMR."
Back in early March Trudy welcomed the announcement that Rolls Royce SMR has entered the regulatory assessment process.
Trudy had campaigned for five years for the introduction of small modular reactors (SMRs) and to have them located in Copeland.
Mrs Harrison said: "I have been a champion of this technology since my election to Parliament so it’s great to see progress. Technologies like SMRs could provide the future nuclear pipeline in Copeland.
"It is more important than ever that we build new nuclear, large and small, to reach net zero and so we aren’t reliant on foreign countries for energy."
Boris Johnson has showed his support for nuclear power saying that offshore renewable energy is a positive but so is nuclear.
The Prime Minister also sited Cumbria as a place that nuclear could continue to grow and says that we should be really looking at small modular reactors as one of the options.
For more information on Trudy Harrison and the work that she does in the Copeland consticuency please visit the following link: https://www.trudyharrison.co.uk/.
You can also find out regular updates on her social media pages.
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