BNFL (Hansard, 19 September 2002)

§ Gregory Barker
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the(a) percentage stake and (b) real amounts of BNFL investments in the (i) AP1000, (ii) AP600, (iii) Pebble Bed Modular Reactor and (iv) Candu 6. [69446]

§ Mr. Wilson
AP1000 and AP600 are designs owned by BNFL's subsidiary Westinghouse Electric Company. BNFL currently has a stake of around 20 per cent. in the PBMR, but no interest in Candu 6.
Levels of investment are a commercial matter for the company.

§ Gregory Barker
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the meetings held in the last two years between representatives of BNFL and its subsidiaries and members of the United States Congress. [69502]

§ Mr. Wilson
No. Details of individual meetings of BNFL employees or representatives are a matter for the company.
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requirements and to helping limit carbon emissions provided they do so to the high safety and environmental standards currently observed.

§ Ms Shipley
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the estimated total cost is of dealing with nuclear fuel waste. [66096]

§ Mr. Wilson
In the UK, the majority of spent fuel is owned by the operators of the UK's nuclear power stations—BNFL which owns the UK's Magnox stations and British Energy which owns the UK's Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors and one Pressurised Water Reactor. The cost of managing spent nuclear fuel will depend on the management option chosen by the owner of the fuel. BNFL and British Energy publish annual accounts that include information on their respective nuclear provisions. These include provisions for de-fuelling, reprocessing and the management of spent nuclear fuel.