§ Mr. Warbeyasked the Minister of Power what are the estimated running costs per kilowatt-hour, excluding capital costs and depreciation but including the appropriate credit for plutonium, of each nuclear power station constructed or under construction in the United Kingdom; are what are the comparable figures for each of the power stations using conventional fuels constructed in the past three years or now under construction.
§ Mr. WoodThis information for England and Wales is given in the tables below. I have asked my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Scotland to write to my hon. Friend about the Scottish position.
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NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS Stations Estimated running costs Berkeley … … … (pence per KWh sent out) Bradwell … … … 0.38 Hinkley Point … … … 0.32 Trawsfynydd … … … 0.33 Dungeness … … … 0.33 Sizewell … … … 0.23 Oldbury … … … 0.24 0.22
CONVENTIONAL POWER STATIONS Stations completed in last three years Running costs 1960 (d/KWh.s.o.) Plymouth "B" … … 0.60 South Denes … … 0.60 Drakelow "B" … … 0.44 Agecroft "C" … … 0.50 Bold "B" … … 0.60 Elland … … 0.47 Blyth "A" … … 0.42 1961 Belvedere … … 0.50 Staythorpe "B" … … 0.39 1962 Northfleet … … 0.53 Rugeley … … 0.45 Uskmouth "B" … … 0.55 High Marnham … … 0.43 Padiham "B" … … 0.57 Skelton Grange "B" … … 0.41
Stations under construction Estimated running costs (d/KWh.s.o.) Richborough … 0.52 West Thurrock … 0.51 Fawley … 0.43 Kingsnorth (burning coal) … 0.49 (burning oil) … 0.44 Tilbury "B" … 0.49 Aberthaw "A" … 0.50 Drakelow "C" … 0.41 Ferrybridge "C" … 0.38 Blyth "B" … 0.39 Eggborough … 0.39 Thorpe Marsh … 0.40 West Burton … 0.39 Willington "B" … 0.42