§ 34. Mr. Douglasasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the impact of his decision to expand nuclear power capacity on the balance of fuel consumption in the United Kingdom for the next 10 to 20 years.
§ Mr. GoodladSir Frank Layfield noted the importance of diversity of fuel supply in his report on the Sizewell B inquiry. During the 1990s much of the United Kingdom's 369W magnox capacity is likely to reach the end of its useful life. The construction of Sizewell B will help to offset this prospective loss in nuclear-generating capacity.