§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Technology if he will give details of the contribution which Dounreay Experimental Station makes to productive and
500Wexport industry; and if he will reorganise the work carried on there in such a way as to make that work more useful for productive industry and exports in order to help Great Britain's balance of payments problems.
§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuElectricity generated by the Dounreay Experimental Fast Reactor is supplied to the North of Scotland Hydro Electricity Board and thus to industry in the area.
Contracts from overseas organisations for irradiation experiments are currently worth some £2 million. The Establishment also manufactures and reprocesses enriched fuels for materials testing and research reactors for overseas customers.