Civil Nuclear Cyber Security Strategy 2022 1. Strategic Context 1.1 The Civil Nuclear Sector Nuclear power will play a vital role in meeting the UK’s electricity demands while supporting the clean energy transition, delivering our net zero carbon emissions target and increasing our energy security by 2050. Nuclear energy complements renewable sources in ensuring a low cost, stable and low carbon system, and offers additional resilience to the UK’s energy security by providing a reliable baseload of power that is not fossil fuel, sun or wind dependent. The 2020 Energy White Paper 1, the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan for a Green Revolution 2, the 2021 Net Zero Strategy 3 and the 2022 British Energy Security Strategy 4 all stated the Government’s objective to advance nuclear as a secure and clean energy source through development of both large-scale nuclear and the next generation of small and advanced reactors. Crucial to its successful delivery will also be a well-planned decommissioning and waste management programme. The UK civil nuclear sector is specialist, diverse and highly-skilled, supporting over 60,000 jobs nationwide. Our civil nuclear heritage originates from the 1950s, with Calder Hall in Cumbria being the first nuclear power station in the world to produce electricity for domestic use. Today the UK sector encompasses much of the nuclear fuel cycle process: from fuel enrichment and fabrication; to electricity production; to nuclear waste disposal. We host a world-leading nuclear transport capability; safely and securely transporting nuclear material around the world so it can be utilised and reprocessed effectively; and are home to Sellafield, Europe’s largest nuclear site. The civil nuclear sector is also protected by a dedicated armed police force, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, which is charged with the protection of civil nuclear sites and nuclear materials in England, Scotland and Wales. Energy White Paper: Powering Our Net Zero, December 2020 10 Point Plan for Green Industrial Revolution, November 2020 3 Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, October 2021 4 British Energy Security Strategy, April 2022 1 2 7