Mr. Alan W. WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many spent Magnox fuel rods await reprocessing(a) in storage tanks at Sellafield and (b) in cooling ponds at Britain's nuclear power stations.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerAt 31 March 1989, some 940 tonnes uranium (u) of spent Magnox fuel were held at Sellafield awaiting reprocessing and some 350 tonnes u held by the generating boards at power stations. On average there are 100 fuel rods per tonne.
Mr. Alan W. WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of Stale for Energy what is the total storage capacity for spent advanced gas-cooled reactor fuel rods at Sellafield and at nuclear power stations for each year from 1989 to 2000.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerSpace for storage of a minimum of some 2,700 tonnes uranium (u) of AGR fuel (some 60,000 359W AGR fuel assemblies) has been allocated in ponds on the Sellafield site. This will be more than sufficient to meet operational requirements for the THORP project. The total pond capacity at the AGR stations operated by the generating boards is some 390 tonnes u (some 9,400 assemblies).