Dungeness B power Station

HC Deb 23 May 1986 vol 98 cc355-6W

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Energy, further to his answer of 12 May, Official Report, column 336 what has been the output of each reactor at Dungeness B in MW hours in each year since commissioning.

Mr. Goodland

total output from Dungeness B reactor 1, which was synchronised to the grid in April 1983, has been:

Megawatt hours
	Output
April to December 1983	350,000
January to December 1984	620,000
January to December 1985	2,430,000
January to April 1986	690,000

Since this reactor was commissioned on 1 April 1985 total output has been 2,500,000 Megawatt hours.

Reactor 2 is expected to be commissioned during 1986. Total output since synchronisation on 29 December 1985 until end April 1986 was 510,000 Megawatt hours.