§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make it his policy to ensure that in any privatisation plan put forward for nuclear power, full consideration is given to the implications for the economics of present and future nuclear power stations of the report released on 18 November 1987 by the National Radiological Protection Board, entitled "Interim Guidance on the Implications of Recent Revisions of Risk Estimates" and the ICRP 1987 Como statement; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerIt will be for the privatised electricity supply industry to make its own assessment of the economics of various forms of electricity generation, taking into account whatever factors are relevant. Proposals for the structure of the industry after privatisation and the means for ensuring a continuing role for the nuclear programme are being developed; decisions have not yet been taken.
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§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) if he will publish the number of visits made annually by safeguards inspectors from EURATOM to(a) each nuclear reactor operated in England and Wales by the CEGB, (b) each nuclear facility operated by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and (c) each nuclear fuel cycle facility and each nuclear reactor operated by British Nuclear Fuels plc, in each year since 1973;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) the number of safeguards visits made to each nuclear reactor site operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board in England and Wales by Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency in each of the periods 1957 to 1965, 1966 to 1972, 1973 to 1978, and 1979 to 1987 inclusive, (b) the number of safeguards visits made to each nuclear fuel cycle facility in the United Kingdom operated now by British Nuclear Fuels plc. by International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards inspectors in each of the aforementioned periods and (c) the numbers of safeguards visits made to nuclear sites operated in the United Kingdom by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority by the International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards inspectors in each of the above mentioned periods.
(3) if he will publish in the Official Report a table consisting of the number of safeguard visits made to each nuclear reactor site operated by the South of Scotland electricity board by inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency in each of the periods 1957 to 1965, 1966 to 1972, 1973 to 1978 and 1979 to 1987 inclusive.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerInformation about individual visits by inspectors over this period could be provided only at disproportionate cost.