HC Deb 31 October 1955 vol 545 cc73-4W
110. Mr. H. Hynd

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what progress is being made with the £300 million programme of nuclear power development.

112. Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power where each of the proposed 12 new atomic power stations to be built in Britain during the next 10 years will be located; and which of them will be devoted to the production of atomic energy for peace and war purposes, respectively.

Mr. Joynson-Hicks

The primary purpose of all these stations will be to generate electricity for the country's general needs. So far progress has been mainly in station design work and the search for sites. The Central Electricity Authority have already selected sites for the first two of the twelve stations in the White Paper programme, one at Bradwell in Essex and the other at Berkeley in Gloucestershire; they have four more sites under urgent consideration and are pressing on with their search for others.