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Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what will be (a) the additional cost or (b) savings to (i) domestic and (ii) commercial users of electricity when the THORP is commissioned in 1992; and what is his estimate of its effect on the national economy.
Mr. Baldry
The commissioning of the THORP plant will have no effect on the price of electricity charged to consumers. The facility will support work for about 1,400 people and British Nuclear Fuels plc has ensured THORP's profitability by winning some £6,000 million in orders for its first 10 years of operation, including some £4,000 million from overseas customers.