§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what would be the saving to the Exchequer of mothballing every nuclear power station.
§ Mr. EggarThere would in fact be significant net costs to the Exchequer if Nuclear Electric's stations were closed or mothballed. The substantial loss of revenue from electricity sales and, in the case of closure, the bringing forward of expenditure on decommissioning, reprocessing and waste disposal, together with redundancy costs, would far outweigh any savings in operating costs.