HC Deb 06 March 1978 vol 945 c488W
Mr. Rost

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the 1977 percentage contribution of nuclear power generation to total fuel consumption calculated on the basis of million tons of coal equivalent and calculated on the basis of end product heat value.

Mr. Eadie

Measured in coal equivalent on a primary fuel input basis, nuclear electricity in 1977 contributed 4.2 per cent. of total inland energy consumption. Provisional data for the year indicate that electricity from nuclear sources provided approximately 1.8 per cent. of total heat supplied to final users of energy.