§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what studies have been commissioned by Her Majesty's Government into appraising the costs and economics of decommissioning nuclear facilities.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryMy Department has commissioned three studies into the economic aspects of decommissioning nuclear facilities.
For the study by Nuclear Services Group into British Nuclear Fuel plc's estimates of its decommissioning costs I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him on 15 February 1990 at column 329.
The other studies were carried out by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority into the Central Electricity Generating Board estimates of its decommissioning costs and by Ernst and Young to compare the methodologies by which BNFL, CEGB and the South of Scotland Electricity Board's decommissioning provisions were made to ensure consistency of basis.
The contents of these reports are commercially confidential.