§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the total amount of money spent by Her Majesty's Government on research and development into civil nuclear power generation in each of the last 10 years; and what is the budgeted figure for 1973.
§ Mr. EmeryIn full commercial cost terms, net expenditure by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in the last 10 years on power reactor research and development was:
In addition, the authority has contributed £12.6 million to international projects, principally the OECD Dragon project.
£ million 1963–64 53.2 1964–65 48.8 1965–66 50.9 1966–67 51.9 1967–68 42.0 1968–69 41.3 1969–70 43.3 1970–71 41.9 1971–72 46.6 1972–73 48.7 Of the current year's grant to the authority, some £42.5 million relates to net expenditure on power reactor research and development and associated work. This is equivalent to some £50 million in full commercial cost terms. In addition, my Department expects to spend approximately £10 million this year in support of the gas centrifuge process for enriching uranium.