§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish a list of Magnox nuclear power stations showing for each (a) the date commissioned, (b) the most recent date of shut down for examination, inspection, maintenance and testing under the terms of its nuclear site licence; and (c) the year in which he expects it to be decommissioned.
§ Mr. GoodladThe date of commissioning and the most recent date of shutdown for examination, inspection, maintenance and testing under the terms of each nuclear site licence for each Magnox station is as follows:
End of Commissioning Date Most Recent Date of Statutory Shutdown Calder Hall April 1959 May 1985 (Reactor 4) Berkeley October 1962 February 1984 (Reactor 1) Bradwell December 1962 August 1984 (Reactor 2) Hinkley Point A May 1965 September 1984 (Reactor 2) Trawsfyndd May 1965 October 1984 (Reactor 2) Dungeness A December 1965 June 1984 (Reactor 1) Sizewell A September 1966 June 1984 (Reactor 1) Oldbury September 1968 July 1984 (Reactor 1) Wylfa March 1973 May 1984 (Reactor 2) No decommissioning date for any Magnox station has yet been determined.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland has responsibility for the Scottish Sites.