HC Deb 19 November 1984 vol 68 cc23-4W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish a list of all civil nuclear facilities.

Mr. Goodlad

The main organisations involved in civil nuclear operations are the UK Generating Boards, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, British Nuclear Fuels plc, the National Nuclear Corporation and Amersham International. The principal sites of these organisations are as follows:

Central Electricity Generating Board

  • Bradwell Nuclear power station
  • Berkeley Nuclear power station
  • Berkeley nuclear laboratories
  • Dungeness 'A' nuclear power station
  • Dungeness 'B' nuclear power station
  • Hartlepool nuclear power station
  • Heysham I nuclear power station
  • Hinkley Point 'A' nuclear power station
  • Hinkley Point 'B' nuclear power station
  • Oldbury nuclear power station
  • Sizewell A nuclear power station
  • Trawsfynydd nuclear power station
  • Wylfa nuclear power station

South of Scotland Electricity Board

  • Hunterston 'A' nuclear power station
  • Hunterston 'B' nuclear power station

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

  • Atomic Energy establishment Winfrith
  • Windscale nuclear power development laboratories, Sellafield
  • Dounreay nuclear power development establishment
  • Springfields nuclear power development laboratories
  • Atomic energy research establishment Harwell
  • Atomic energy establishment Culham

British Nuclear Fuels plc

  • Sellafield works
  • Springfield works
  • Capenhurst works
  • Chapelcross works
  • Drigg

Amersham International

  • Amersham
  • Harwell
  • Cardiff

The National Nuclear Corporation and the other organisations also have other establishments for design work and administrative purposes. Civil research reactors are also operated at the following sites:

  • University of Strathclyde: Scottish universities research reactor, East Kilbride
  • Imperial College: consort research reactor, Ascot
  • Victoria University, Manchester: research reactor, Risley
  • Imperial Chemical industries: triga reactor, Billingham

In addition there are a number of firms and organisations involved in the nuclear programmes which in some cases hold small quantities of nuclear material. Similarly nuclear materials are used in small quantities for other purposes such as medicine.