§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish weekly from 1 January an input-output table of spent Magnox reactor fuel and depleted uranium/plutonium stocks arising from the throughput at the Windscale B205 reprocessing plant at British Nuclear Fuels, Sellafield.
§ Mr. GoodladNo.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether there have been any delays in the dispatch of spent nuclear fuel from nuclear plants in the current year due to snow and ice on the rail network.
§ Mr. GoodladI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether his Department has made any assessment
656WThe figures for 1988–89 and 1989–90 in the table have been calculated by revaluing the unrounded planning figures for those years. All figures in the table have been rounded to the nearest £1 million.
of the maximum length of time spent nuclear fuel can be safely stored and monitored at nuclear reactor sites when severe weather conditions prevent the safe transport to Sellafield.
§ Mr. GoodladIrradiated fuel can be safely stored and monitored at nuclear reactor sites for prolonged periods of up to several years.