Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn)Official Report, 1 February, column 473, on the reprocessing of electricity board nuclear fuel, he will list as proportions of the annual throughput of nuclear fuel from electricity board reactors in each year from 1980 to 1986, the throughput in the period 15 December 1986 to 15 December 1987.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerFor the period April 1980 to March 1986, spent fuel deriving from the United Kingdom electricity boards' Magnox reactors accounted for some 90 per cent. of the civil spent fuel reprocessed at Sellafield. For the period April 1986 to March 1987, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Mr. Riddick) on 16 December 1987 at column516.