HC Deb 11 February 1976 vol 905 cc201-2W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what work on the technical aspects of the SGHWR will be conducted at Winfrith following the completion of plans for the building of the initial commercial SGHWR power station.

Mr. Benn

The Atomic Energy Authority's (AEA) work on generic research and development of the SGHWR system will continue throughout the present programme. Several AEA establishments will be involved but a substantial part of the work will be at Winfrith.

Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he is prepared to locate at Winfrith a gas-cooled fast breeder reactor programme to give the site permanence and coherence.

limited programme of further work to allow certain high-temperature metals research and data evaluation to continue following the shut down of the reactor.