Advisory Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations

HC Deb 19 May 1986 vol 98 c33W

Mr. Craigen

asked the Secretary of State for Energy when the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations last met; and what major technical issues it has examined in the recent past.

Mr. Goodlad

The Advisory Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations last met on 9 May 1986. At that meeting, the committee discussed the Chernobyl accident. In the recent past, the committee has examined, among other things, various aspects of safety relating to the PWR, AGR and Magnox reactors; safety assessment principles for reactors and nuclear chemical plant; decommissioning; long-term safety reviews of Magnox stations; siting policy and emergency arrangements and the work of the nuclear installations inspectorate of the Health and Safety Executive.