§ 9. Mr. Palmerasked the Minister of Fuel and Power the approximate relative amounts of electrical energy for public supply likely to be available from nuclear power stations of the Atomic Energy Authority and the Central Electrical Authority at the end of the next five-year period.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydThe nuclear reactors of the Atomic Energy Authority should have an installed capacity of between 200 and 270 megawatts and those of the Central Electricity Authority a capacity of between 200 and 400 megawatts, but it is not yet possible to say what amounts of electrical energy will actually be supplied.
§ Mr. PalmerWould the right hon. Gentleman tell us why it is necessary to have two separate authorities both engaged on construction of power stations, not only for electricity, but for the plutonium by-product as well?
§ Mr. LloydYes, I can. The reason is that one set of reactors is primarily for the supply of electricity through the grid to the public, and the other set of reactors is partly for the manufacture of plutonium and partly for the supply of electricity and, therefore, more properly controlled by the Atomic Energy Authority.