§ Mr. Ashdown asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish a list of reactors at nuclear power stations showing the number of gas circulators or blowers at each reactor and whether these have any relevant features of 31W design and construction in common with the faulty gas circulator that led to a site incident being declared at Hinckley Point nuclear power station on 29 November; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Goodlad[pursuant to his reply, 12 December 1985, c. 751–752]The following is a list of CEGB Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactors showing the number of main gas circulators in each.
Power Station Reactor/Unit Number of main gas circulators Dungeness B Reactor 21 4 Reactor 22 4 Hartlepool Reactor 1 8 Reactor 2 8 Heysham I Reactor 1 8 Reactor 2 8 Heysham II Reactor 7 8 Reactor 8 8 The main gas circulators on all the above AGRs (8 in all) are different from those at Hinckley Point B.