HC Deb 24 October 1989 vol 158 cc381-2W
Mr. Blair

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the current best estimate for(a) reprocessing costs and (b) decommissioning costs for Magnox nuclear power stations; and what estimate he has received from National Power and when.

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Newport, West on 28 July,Official Report, column 981, if he will now state the total cost of (a) decommissioning, (b) dismantling and (c) guarding Magnox reactors during the next 10 decades.

Mr. Wakeham

The CEGB will be finalising its estimates of Magnox liabilities for publication in its report and accounts for 1988–89.

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to the written answer to the hon. Member for Newport, West on 28 July,Official Report, column 981, when he was informed of the likely final total cost of decommissioning, dismantling and guarding Magnox nuclear reactors during the next 10 decades.

Mr. Michael Spicer

I refer the hon. Member to the statement that my right hon. Friend the Member for Hertsmere (Mr. Parkinson) made on 24 July, at column 744.