HC Deb 10 December 1973 vol 866 cc4-5W
29. Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give considerattion to a major programme of up-dated British Magnox-type reactors.

Mr. Peter Walker

All thermal reactor systems including Magnox are under consideration for future orders.

35. Mr. Atkinson

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects to receive the report of the Nuclear Power Advisory Board on the future of the Central Electricity Generating Board's nuclear programme.

Mr. Peter Walker

I expect the Nuclear Power Advisory Board to make recommendations early in the new year on the choice of thermal reactor systems for the United Kingdom's next nuclear plant orders.

Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the location of all AGR reactors in the course of construction or on order in the United Kingdom, the date each was originally scheduled to be completed and expected dale of completion, the original estimated price and the reassessed cost.

Mr. Emery

I am asking the Chairman of the CEGB to send my hon. Friend such information as is not of a commercially confidential nature. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland will also ask the Chairman of the SSEB to write to my hon. Friend.