§ 63. Mr. Perkinsasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether, in view of the potential future developments of atomic power and its probable effect upon the production of electric power, he has considered the advisability of restricting the capital expenditure in progress and contemplated under the hydro-electric schemes, particularly as such schemes may be obsolete as a method of producing electric power before they have been completed or before they have repaid the cost of construction.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydAlthough the cost of electricity obtained from plants using nuclear energy cannot yet be assessed, it seems likely that such plants, when developed, would provide additional base load power stations. As hydro-electric schemes are complementary to base load stations, there are no reasons for restricting them on account of the potentialities of nuclear power.