§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) if he will now make available for independent assessment all the details of the incident at Berkley nuclear power station reported to the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate on 7 January 1983 and all the documents relating to the subsequent safety review;
(2) if he will now make available for independent assessment all the details of the incident at Berkley nuclear power plant involving the discovery of environmental contamination on 25 September 1980 and all the documents relating to subsequent inquiries;
(3) if he will now make available for independent assessment all the details of the discovery of weld defects at Berkley nuclear power station on 26 November 1980 and all the documents relating to subsequent inquiries;
(4) if he will now make available for independent assessment all the details of the incident at Berkley nuclear power station involving radioactive contamination discovered during work begun in January 1981 to remove a discharge pipeline and all the documents relating to subsequent inquiries;
(5) if he will now make available for independent assessment all the details of the incident at Berkley nuclear power station on 25 June 1981 involving radioactive contamination and all the documents relating to subsequent inquiries.
§ Mr. GoodladThese incidents were independently assessed at the time by HM nuclear installations inspectorate of the Health and Safety Executive. Descriptions of the incidents, and of the immediate subsequent investigation of the incident of 25 June 1981, are given in the HSE's quarterly reports for third and fourth quarters, 1980, first and second quarters 1981 and first quarter 1983. HMNII advises me that following the incident of 7 January 1983 a comprehensive safety review of the cranes was undertaken, leading to a programme of refurbishment, and that changed procedures were adopted to prevent damage to an operating reactor by an operating crane. They advise me that following the incident of 26 November 1980, remedial work was carried out on both reactors 1 and 2; and that the remainder of the disused pipeline exposed in January 1981 was removed under radiologically controlled conditions. All this work has also been assessed by HMNII, whose final agreement was required before the reactors could be restarted following the work on the defective bellows welds found on 26804W November 1980; and is required before the operator will be permitted to resume normal operation with the cranes referred to in the report on 7 January 1983 incident.