§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the age of each of the Magnox nuclear power stations; and at what age each of the stations will be decommissioned.
§ Mr. EggarNuclear Electric's seven operating Magnox stations first produced power in the following years:
Year Bradwell 1962 Dungeness A 1965 Hinckley Point A 1965 Trawsfynydd 1965 Sizewell A 1965 Oldbury 1967 Wylfa 1971 A further Magnox station at Berkeley is currently being decommissioned.
The date at which any operating Magnox station will be decommissioned is a commercial matter for Nuclear Electric plc, subject to the views of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.
§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish an independent assessment of the safety and life expectancy of the Magnox reactors.
§ Mr. EggarI understand that is the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) normal practice to publish the 61W independent nuclear installations inspectorate's (NH) findings of its assessment of operators' long term safety reviews (LTSRs) of Magnox nuclear power stations. The NII's findings on the LTSRs for Berkeley, Bradwell, Calderhall, Chapel Cross, Hinkley Point A, and Hunterston A have been published. The HSE propose to publish the Nil's findings on the LTSRs for Dungeness A, Oldbury, Sizewell A, Traswfynydd, and Wylfa in due course.