§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science where the Atomic Energy Authority propose to site the prototype fast breeder reactor to be commenced in 1965.
§ Mr. HoggThe Atomic Energy Authority has not yet made any proposal to the Government for a prototype fast reactor.
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§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has received through the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding the number of fast breeder reactors at present operating in industrialised states; and if he will give comparative figures detailing the output of electricity from each at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. HoggInformation on nuclear reactors, including fast breeder reactors, is contained in the Agency's Directory of Nuclear Reactors. Apart from the fast breeder research reactor at Dounreay, which to date has produced approximately 24 million kilowatt hours of electricity, there are three other such reactors in operation: the Experimental Breeder Reactor II and the Enrico-Fermi Reactor in the United States, and the SBR-5 reactor in the U.S.S.R. None of these has produced any electricity to date.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the estimated designed output and ratings of the proposed prototype fast breeder reactor.
§ Mr. HoggThe Government have not yet received the Atomic Energy Authority's proposals relating to a prototype fast reactor.