Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what tonnage of spent nuclear fuel elements has been stockpiled by the Central Electricity Generating Board from(a) Magnox reactors and (b) advanced gas-cooled reactor nuclear plants, awaiting reprocessing at Sellafield.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerOn 31 March 1988 CEGB power stations were storing a total of 1,200 tonnes uranium Magnox irradiated fuel and 55 tonnes uranium AGR irradiated fuel having discharged it from the reactors. All this fuel will be transported to Sellafield in due course.