§ 35. Mr. Corfieldasked the Paymaster-General whether, in view of both strategic considerations and past experiences of the danger of accidents at Windscale, he is satisfied that a concentration of no less than four proposed nuclear power stations on the lower reaches of the Severn is in the public interest; and in what other parts of the country, of similar or greater population density, comparable concentrations of generating capacity are contemplated or already in existence.
§ The Paymaster- General (Mr. Reginald Maudling)One station is at present under construction at Berkeley and another is proposed at Oldbury. There are already much larger concentrations of generating capacity in the Trent valley and on the Thames Estuary.
The Central Electricity Generating Board is investigating three other areas on the lower reaches of the Severn, but in these cases no definite proposals have yet been made. My noble Friend would not approve any site for a nuclear station unless he was completely satisfield about the strategic and safety factors involved.