§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy when (a) Springfields, (b) Heysham A and B, (c) Hartlepool, (d) Wylfa, (e) Trawsfydd, (f) Oldbury, (g) Berkeley, (h) Hinkley Point A and B, (i) Winfrith, (j) Dungeness A and B, (k) Bradwell, (l) Sizewell and (m) Sellafield were connected to the national grid.
§ Mr. GoodladThe CEGB, BNFL and the UKAEA as appropriate have advised me that the, first of the turbine generators at each station were synchronised to the grid on the following dates:
Date Springfields 1 Heysham 1 July 1983 Heysham 2 2 Hartlepool August 1983 Wylfa January 1971 Trawsfyndd January 1965 Oldbury November 1967 Berkeley June 1962 Hinkley Point A February 1965 Hinkley Point B February 1976 Winfrith December 1967 Dungeness A September 1965 Dungeness B April 1983 Bradwell July 1962 Sizewell January 1966 Sellafield 3 1 The facilities at Springfields do not provide power to the grid. 2 The reactors at Heysham 2 are undergoing engineering tests and no power has been provided to the grid. 3 The Sellafield site includes the Calder Hall reactors the first of which provided electricity supplies to the grid in October 1956. Except for Winfrith, each of these stations has a number of turbines and these were synchronised to the grid at subsequent times.