§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, in view of the evidence which has been sent to him by the hon. Member for Orpington regarding the 59/60 Tanker Study, if he is satisfied that it presented an accurate statement of the performance and costs of the marine nuclear reactor concerned; to what extent the study related to a scaled-down copy of a United States reactor known as TID 8501; and if he is satisfied that full attention was given to a memorandum drawing attention to errors in the report, before the Tanker Study was forwarded to the Committee on the Application of Nuclear Power to Marine Purposes.
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§ Mr. HoggI understand from the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Authority that the author of the memorandum referred to in the Question, who is an Authority employee, has drawn his attention to the inference underlying this Question and that the Chairman has asked him for evidence in support of his contentions about the 59/60 Tanker Study so that these can be examined. The Chairman has so far received no reply. When he does receive full evidence the matter will be examined by the Authority and I shall be happy to tell the hon. Member for Orpington (Mr. Lubbock) the result. The examination will take some time after the evidence has been received.