§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Energy what steps he has taken to ensure that accidents like the blowback 9W incident at Windscale in 1973, will not arise from the reprocessing of nuclear waste.
§ Mr. EadieThe recommendations made in the report (Cmnd. 5703) by the Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations on the Windscale incident in September 1973 are being implemented on existing reprocessing plants and will be applied to all new plants. The incorporation of these safety measures should ensure that accidents of this kind do not occur in the future.