HC Deb 18 January 1988 vol 125 cc501-2W
Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the nuclear installations constructed within 100 miles of the western coastline of Great Britain; and if he will make a statement on their safety.

Mr. Michael Spicer

The following civil nuclear installations are situated within 100 miles of the western coastline of Great Britain:

CEGB

  • Hartlepool
  • Heysham
  • Berkeley
  • Oldbury
  • Hinkley Point
  • Trawsfynydd
  • Wylfa

SSEB

  • Hunterston
  • Torness

Amersham International

  • Amersham
  • Harwell
  • Cardiff

UKAEA

  • Dounreay
  • The Harwell Laboratory
  • Atomic Energy Establishment—Winfrith
  • Windscale Nuclear Laboratories
  • Springfields Nuclear Laboratories

BNF plc

  • Sellafield
  • Calder Hall
  • Drigg
  • Capenhurst
  • Springfields
  • Chapelcross

Other sites

  • Rolls Royce and Associates Ltd.—Derby
  • Rolls Royce Nuclear—Derby
  • Vickers Barrow
  • Universities Research Reactor—Risley
  • ICI—Billingham
  • Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre —
  • East Kilbride

These installations have an excellent safety record and reflect the rigorous standards of safety which are maintained.