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Nuclear Sites

Volume 975: debated on Wednesday 12 December 1979

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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many inspections have been made of each nuclear site in Scotland in the past five years; and where, when and by whom the inspections were carried out.

Inspections of nuclear sites are undertaken principally by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate of the Health and Safety Executive, Her Majesty's Industrial Pollution Inspectorate and, until recently, the Factory Inspectorate. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as the necessary information has been collated from the organisations concerned.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what nuclear sites in Scotland have been licensed over the past 30 years; and if any have been discontinued over that period.

The nuclear sites in Scotland which have been licensed under the provisions of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 and earlier legislation are Chapel cross Nuclear Power Station; Hunterston A and B Nuclear Power Stations; and the Scottish Universities Research Reactor at East Kilbride.All of these licences are still in force.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of any nuclear site which will be licensed in Scotland in the coming year; and whether any applications for licensing new sites or extending existing licences currently are being considered by the appropriate authorities.

Subject to the approval of the Health and Safety Executive, I expect that a nuclear site licence will be granted to the South of Scotland Electricity Board during 1980 to construct a nuclear power station of the advanced gas cooled reactor type at Torness, East Lothian. No other applications for licensing new sites or extending existing licences are at present under consideration.