§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has come to a decision over the SSEB proposal to build a 2,500-MW oil-fired power station at Carriden, Bo'ness, which was the subject of a public inquiry in the spring of 1974.
§ Mr. William RossNot yet.
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimates have been supplied by the SSEB to his Department of likely generating costs, per unit, for the Inverkip station.
§ Mr. William RossThe generating cost per unit at Inverkip power station is expected to be 0.9p at current prices. To this must be added capital and other fixed charges, the unit cost of which will vary with the load factor of operation of the station. At a notional load factory of 50 per cent. this added unit cost would be about 0.3p per unit.
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the estimated dates of completion of Hunterston B, Inverkip, and Peterhead power stations; and when they will commence commercial production of electricity.
§ Mr. William RossThe boards' latest forecasts are as follows:
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Commissioning of first generating unit Completion of station Hunterston 'B' … 1975 1976 Inverkip … 1976 1978 Peterhead … 1978 1979
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he will announce the locations for nuclear power stations planned by the SSEB in its expansion programme to 1985–86; what locations are under consideration; and what will be the expected generation capacity of each such station.
§ Mr. William RossI gave statutory consent to the South of Scotland Electricity Board on 5th February 1975 to the use of a site at Torness, East Lothian, for the construction of a steam generating heavy water reactor (SGHWR) power station with an ultimate installed capacity of 5,280 MW. The construction programme for the station has not yet been settled. The board has also applied for consent, under Section 2 of the Electric Lighting Act 1909, to construct a SGHWR power station with an installed capacity of 2,640 MW at
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DEATHS BY DROWNING IN SCOTLAND 1973 Accident Suicide Homicide Not specified SCOTLAND … … 120 52 1 67 — — — — Cities: Aberdeen … … 6 2 — 1 Dundee … … 2 1 — 1 Edinburgh … … 5 3 — 1 Glasgow … … 11 8 — 21 Counties (ex cities): Aberdeen … … 4 2 — 1 Angus … … 1 1 — — Argyll … … 10 — — 2 Ayr … … 9 4 — 3 Banff … … 1 1 — 1 Berwick … … 1 — — — Bute … … — — — — Caithness … … 2 2 — — Clackmannan … … — — — — Dumfries … … 1 1 — 1 Dunbarton … … 5 4 — 4 East Lothian … … 1 — — 2 Fife … … 6 6 — 4 Inverness … … 7 — — 2 Kincardine … … — 1 — — Kinross … … 2 — — — Kirkcudbright … … — — — 1 Lanark … … 11 — — 5 Midlothian … … 4 1 — — Moray … … 1 — — — Nairn … … 1 — — — Orkney … … — — — 1 Peebles … … 1 2 — — Perth … … 2 5 — 3 Renfrew … … 5 3 — 3 Ross & Cromarty … … 5 — — 1 Roxburgh … … — 1 — — Selkirk … … 1 — — — Stirling … … 12 1 — 3 Sutherland … … 1 — — — West Lothian … … — 2 1 2 Wigtown … … 1 1 — 3 Zetland … … 1 — — 1 Hunterston. The board necessarily considers many alternatives in looking for sites, but it would be misleading and damaging to both public and private interests to attempt to give a comprehensive list of possible sites under review.