§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the secretary of State for Energy what is the number of Central Electricity Generating Board employees at the following power stations (a) Hinkley Point A, (b) Hinkley Point B, (c) Oldbury, (d) Sizewell A, (e) Trawsfynydd, (f) Drax A, (g) Drax B, (h) Cottam, (i) West Burton and (j) Didcot.
§ Mr. GoodladThe number of Central Electricity Generating Board employees at the following stations are as follows:
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Number Hinkley Point A and Hinkley Point B 11,412 Oldbury 632 Sizewell A 532 Trawsfynydd 604 Drax A and Drax B 11,257 Cottam 728 West Burton 769 Didcot 774 1 Figures for each station are not compiled separately.
§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the average number of power station workers employed at (a) a large advanced gas cooled nuclear station and (b) a large coal-fired station.
§ Mr. GoodladI understand from the Central Electricity Generating Board that the average number of power station workers employed at a large advanced gas-cooled nuclear station and a large coal-fired station is 675 and 750 respectively.
§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the number of people employed by (a) the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, (b) British Nuclear Fuels Limited and (c) the National Nuclear Corporation.
§ Mr. GoodladThe number of people employed in the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, British Nuclear Fuels and the National Nuclear Corporaion at 31 March 1986 were as follows:
Number United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority 13,916 British Nuclear Fuels 116,285 National Nuclear Corporation 3,843 1 Average number of persons employed in 1985–86
§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the number of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority employees currently engaged in work in (a) the fast breeder programme, (b) pressurised water reactor research (c) Magnox and advanced gas cooled reactor research, (d) nuclear waste, (e) decommissioning nuclear power plants, (f) energy conservation, (g) renewable energy and (h) nuclear fusion.
§ Mr. GoodladA full breakdown of the number of persons employed by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is not available in the form requested. However the numbers of scientific/engineering man-years expected to be deployed directly to particular business areas during 1986–87 are as follows:
Number (a) Fast Reactor 890 (b) Pressurised Water Reactor Safety 230 (c) Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor 270 (d) Nuclear Materials and Radioactive Waste Management R and D 314 (e) Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management operations 60 (f) and (g) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 100 (h) Nuclear Fusion 400
§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the number of people currently employed by the 204W Central Electricity Generating Board whose work is directly related to the generation of electricity from nuclear power.
§ Mr. GoodladAbout 9,500 people are currently employed by the Central Electricity Generating Board on nuclear specific work.
§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the number of Central Electricity Generating Board employees in 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1984 and 1986.
§ Mr. GoodladThese figures are available in the Central Electricity Generating Board's annual reports and accounts. For convenience, however, the figures are given below.
At 31 March CEGB Employees 1960 53,027 1965 68,580 1970 72,895 1975 66,099 1980 61,726 1982 155,487 1984 150,250 1986 147,998 1 Excludes employees who left the Board's service on that date and staff on secondment to British Electricity International.
§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the number of people employed in 1970, 1975, 1980 and 1986 in (a) the South of Scotland Electricity Board, (b) the Central Electricity Generating Board, (c) British Coal and (d) British Gas.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThese figures are available in the industries' annual reports and accounts. Electricity in Scotland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland. For convenience, the data are given below.
At 31 March 1SSEB 1CEGB 2British Coal 1British Gas 1970 14,541 72,895 287,200 116,300 1975 13,839 66,099 246,100 103,000 1980 13,658 61,726 232,500 104,400 1986 12,172 347,998 154,600 89,700 1 All employees 2 Average men on colliery books in financial year 3 Excludes employees who left the Board's service on that date and staff on secondment to British Electricity International.
§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will estimate the number of jobs directly and indirectly related to the energy conservation industry in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. David HuntIt is not possible to calculate the total number of jobs related to the energy efficiency industry in the United Kingdom, as companies involved in the provision of energy efficiency products or services fall into a wide range of industrial categories, and are often also involved in the provision of other products or services.
§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what is his Department's current estimate in man-years of the employment likely to be generated by the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant;
205W(2) what is the current estimate at 1986 prices of the cost of fully decommissioning a Magnox, advanced gas-cooled reactor and pressurised water reactor power station, respectively;
(3) what is his Department's current estimate, at 1986 prices, of the waste disposal costs arising from the decommissioning of a nuclear power station, indicating the assumptions made for the type and location of the disposal sites.
§ Mr. GoodladThe CEGB has estimated that the number of persons likely to be employed on-site during the active stages of decommissioning a nuclear power station will be about one quarter of the number of persons employed during the operation of that station.
The CEGB has estimated that full decommissioning of a Magnox power station would cost between £180 million and £330 million, at 1986 prices, depending on assumptions made about the timing of the various stages of decommissioning. Costs for an AGR power station are expected to be of the same order of magnitude.
International studies have indicated that the decommissioning of a commercial PWR power station might cost between £33 million and £170 million at 1986 prices. The figures make no specific assumptions about the type or location of waste disposal sites.