§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether, at the next meeting of the European Community Energy Ministers, he will raise the implications of the Chernobyl accident for the safety assessments of operational and proposed European reactors, particularly those of new design; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GoodladAs envisaged at the Tokyo summit, the International Atomic Energy Agency provides the principal forum for examination of the implications of the Chernobyl accident for nuclear safety. The first step must be consideration of the detailed information on the causes of the accident and subsequent events which the Soviet Government are expected to present at the IAEA later this summer.