§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department was first informed of the crack in the reactor at Chapelcross Magnox station. [23398]
§ Mr. SpellarThe Ministry of Defence was first made aware on 25 June 1997 that a crack had been discovered in a heat exchanger shell in Reactor 2 at BNFL's station at Chapelcross. The fault was discovered during a routine maintenance inspection.