§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Minister of Technology when the Dungeness B Nuclear Power Station is now expected 278W to be in operation; and what delay this represents by comparison with the original estimate.
§ Mr. Harold LeverIn 1972. The first unit is expected to be delayed by at least 18 months and the second by about a year.
§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Minister of Technology what was the original estimate of the cost per unit of electricity sent out from the Dungeness B Nuclear Power Station; and what is the present estimate on the basis of the same ground rules.
§ Mr. Harold LeverThe initial estimate (0.46d./kWh) was given in paragraph 68 of Cmnd. 2798. There is no up-to-date estimate on the original ground rules, but the C.E.G.Rs latest estimate using their revised ground rules is 0.56d./kWh as stated in the reply given to my hon. Friend on 13th March, 1969. —[Vol. 779, c.355.]