§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish details of the successful tender for Hunterston 'B' in the same form as the table given on page 392 of the report of the Select Committee on Science and Technology on the United Kingdom Nuclear Reactor Programme.
§ Mr. RossAssuming, for comparative purposes, the same ground rules as were used by the Central Electricity Generating Board in compiling the table, the South of Scotland Electricity Board's estimate for Hunterston ' B" is as follows:
HUNTERSTON 'B ' MW 1.Station output … 1,250 2.Output to the Grid System … 1,250 … Per cent. 3.Station thermal efficiency … 41.7 £m. 4.Tender price … 82.72 5.Capital cost adjustment … 6.S.S.E.B. direct contracts … 5.335 7.S.S.E.B. engineering charges … 8.Construction cost of station … 88.055 9.Interest during construction … 10.1 £/kW 10.Total capital cost … 78.52 11.Initial fuel charge … 11.21 89.73 12.Final fuel credit … 1.39 13.Replacement fuel … 28.54 14.Availability adjustment … — 15.Other work costs … 7.56 16.Insurance … 2.61 17.Total … 127.05 d./kWh 18.Generating cost … 0.455