§ 111. Mr. Adam Hunterasked the Minister of Technology when he expects the Chapelcross nuclear power station to be fully operating again; and what is likely to be the full cost, both in repairs and lost electricity sales.
§ Dr. BrayI am advised by the Atomic Energy Authority that remedial work on No. 2 reactor is making good progress but that it is not possible at this stage to forecast a date by which the reactor will324W be restarted. It is likely to be some months.
The cost of remedial work to date has been about £100,000 and this sum is expected to increase by about £10,000 per month until the work is completed.
The loss of electricity sales up to the end of February is put at about £0.8 million and additional losses will accrue at about £90,000 per month until the reactor is brought back on power.