HC Deb 21 January 1986 vol 90 cc97-8W
Mr. Ashdown

asked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) pursuant to his reply of 21 November, Official Report,

United Kingdom coal exports
Thousand tonnes
Destination 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 *1985 Total
France 460 813 950 750 1,474 2,624 1,911 1,565 778 214 11,539
Denmark 5 85 125 176 606 1,925 2,057 1,571 612 1,117 8,279
Federal Republic of Germany 253 426 495 609 1,150 1,498 789 624 122 160 6,126
Finland 1 1 6 10 8 1,168 1,102 765 114 1 3,176
Irish Republic 95 165 202 226 289 491 469 429 309 342 3,017
Netherlands 152 184 174 161 222 783 502 318 71 12 2,579
Belgium/Luxembourg 263 134 135 189 185 347 134 105 74 35 1,601
Sweden 69 37 28 115 30 218 113 201 34 43 888
Norway 100 76 79 78 62 64 45 68 24 12 608
Other countries 38 20 72 25 16 395 265 694 302 302 2,129
Total 1,436 1,941 2,266 2,339 4,042 9,513 7,387 6,340 2,440 2,238 39,942

* January to November (provisional).

Source: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.

column 279, whether any steam or gases were released to the atmosphere from the steam side circuits of the boiler systems of reactor 4 at Hinckley Point nuclear power station on 25 October; whether any part or parts of the steam side circuits became contaminated during the incident; whether any steam or gases released may have been contaminated; and if he will estimate the radioactive inventory of any such releases;

(2) pursuant to his reply of 21 November, Official Report, column 279, if he will state the volume of water, in gallons, that escaped into reactor 4 of Hinckley Point nuclear power station on 25 October.

Mr. Goodlad

This is a matter for the Central Electricity Generating Board. I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member.

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