§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Energy what incidents at United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Dounreay, were notified to Her Majesty's nuclear installations inspectorate (a) between February 1977 and July 1982 and (b) since August 1982; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GoodladDetails of incidents at Dounreay notified to Her Majesty's nuclear installations inspectorate under the arrangements reported to Parliament on 2 February 1977 and revised by the statement to Parliament on 26 July 1982 are given in the Health and Safety Executive's quarterly statements on nuclear incidents, copies of which are in the House of Commons Library. The relevant references in those statements are as follows:
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Year Reference 1977 77/5 77/6 77/2/7 77/3/7 77/3/15 1978 78/1/10 78/2/21 78/4/16
Year Reference 1979 79/2/11 79/4/5 1980 80/3/4 80/3/10 80/3/12 80/4/3 1981 81/1/2 81/1/5 81/3/5 81/3/6 81/3/7 81/4/5 1982 82/1/1 82/1/2 82/2/3 82/2/4 1983 Nil 1984 Nil 1985 Nil 1986 Nil The first two incidents in 1977 happened in the first quarter. The numbers 5 and 6 refer to incident number, not date.