§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether the Atomic Energy Authority has been requested to produce its own design for an advanced gas-cooled reactor for consideration by the Government when deciding the future of the nuclear power programme.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe Atomic Energy Authority is not one of the organisations which have been invited to tender for the construction of an advanced gas-cooled reactor nuclear power station, but the A.G.R. was, of course, developed by the Authority and development work is proceeding. Moreover, the Authority is preparing designs of A.G.R. power stations, to its own specifications, both on the basis of the current technology, and also demonstrating the considerable potential of this type of reactor resulting from the present development programme. These designs will be available for consideration next year.