To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will review his Department's policy on the construction of new nuclear power stations; and if he will make a statement. (244161)

We set out our policy on nuclear in the Nuclear White Paper. This stated that the Government will take active steps to enable new build. It says we will implement these vigorously.

This continues to be our policy and we are making progress on our facilitative actions to increase certainty and remove roadblocks to new build.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what requirements there are upon nuclear power plant operators to report to safety and environmental regulators the (a) instances and (b) quantities of radioactive gases emitted during re-fuelling; and whether such data are publicly available. (250937)

There are no specific requirements for the reporting of radioactive gases emitted during refuelling.

Gaseous discharges from refuelling operations have been taken into account when setting station discharge limits. Discharges from refuelling operations are included in the periodic (monthly) reporting of gaseous discharges from power stations.