Mr. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy which of the recommendations of the Health and Safety Executive contained in its report entitled "The Contamination of the Beach Incident at British Nuclear Fuels plc, Sellafield, November 1983" published in February 1984, have been implemented fully by British Nuclear Fuels plc.
§ Mr. GoodladI am advised by the Health and Safety Executive that the recommendations in its report on the 1983 beach incident were that British Nuclear Fuels should revise operating instructions and carry out examinations, investigations and reviews as soon as practicable; and that this was done by BNF, which submitted findings to NII.
Resulting from this, the need was identified for improved administrative arrangements and engineering modifications to be carried out by BNF. Some of these had 116W to be carried out before the reprocessing plant was permitted to restart; others were to be implemented on a longer time-scale.
Most of the latter requirements have been completed. Some work, including part of the refurbishing of the B211 complex, is still in progress. In addition, a third sea tank is under construction.