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923418

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) availability and (b) reliability of financial backers for Moorside nuclear reactor in Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	153326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The availability and reliability of financial backers for the Moorside nuclear project is a commercial matter for Toshiba, who own NuGen, the developer of the Moorside site.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to engage closely with NuGen, as we do for other new build developers on a range of issues relevant to delivering new nuclear projects.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/06/2018 12:43:39 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

923420

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with (a) it's Chinese counterpart and (b) representatives of State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation on the Moorside nuclear reactor project in Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	153327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department has engaged with a number of parties with respect to the proposed sale of NuGen, developers of the proposed Moorside project in Cumbria. These discussions are commercially sensitive so we are unable to provide details.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/06/2018 16:32:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

776004

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the disposal of chemicals from a laboratory on the Sellafield Site on 21 October, whether there was, or whether there has been at any time, a possible risk to radiological inventory in the surrounding laboratories.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The chemicals disposed of on 21 October had been kept within one room of a laboratory facility at Sellafield. This room and the surrounding rooms are not bulk storage areas for radiological inventory, but can contain residues of material.</p><p>It is Sellafield Ltd’s assessment that, in the unlikely event of an adverse chemical reaction, the effect would have been contained within the building envelope. At no time was a release of radioactivity from the site credible.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 31/10/2017 16:30:54 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

776005

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in the light of the disposal of chemicals from a laboratory on the Sellafield Site on 21 October, whether the chemical tetrahydrofuran was contained in a canister or canisters that showed visual evidence of crystallisation forming highly-explosive peroxides; and whether any such canisters had been opened previously.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The chemicals disposed of at the Sellafield Site on 21 October showed no visible evidence of crystallisation. The containers had been opened previously.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 31/10/2017 16:30:14 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

776006

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the disposal of chemicals from a laboratory on the Sellafield Site on 21 October, whether there is any statutory timescale for disposing of tetrahydofuran once it has been exposed to the atmosphere.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>There is no statutory timescale for disposing of the chemical once it has been exposed to the atmosphere.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 31/10/2017 16:24:25 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

715213

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the total lifetime cost of the Sellafield nuclear waste plant in Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	69841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority publishes the amount spent on decommissioning Sellafield in its Annual Report and Accounts. It also publishes a more detailed figure on the cost of decommissioning the UK’s nuclear sites in the Nuclear Provision section of its website.</p><p> </p><p>The total estimated cost for decommissioning the Sellafield site is £88 billion on an undiscounted basis.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2017 14:57:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

674386

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) emptying the Pile Fuel Storage Pond at Sellafield, (b) full radiological and toxicological decontamination of that pond and (c) conditioning, packaging and final long-term management of the spent nuclear fuel recovered from that pond.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	60332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The safe decommissioning of the Pile Fuel Storage Pond is a priority of the hazard and risk reduction programme at Sellafield. The entire bulk stocks of historic nuclear fuel have now been removed from this nearly 70 year old facility, and the assessed radioactive hazard risk associated with the facility has been reduced by 70%.</p><p> </p><p>The current life time plan budget for emptying the Pile Fuel Storage Pond of fuel and waste, and decommissioning the facility in line with the agreed end state for the Sellafield site is approximately £1bn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/01/2017 14:54:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

604962

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason employees at Sellafield Ltd are treated as being in the private sector for pension purposes and are regarded as being in the public sector for the purposes of a cap on exit payments.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	49089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has legislated for a cap on public sector exit payments via the Enterprise Act 2016, as promised in the manifesto. The cap will apply to public sector organisations in line with the Office of National Statistics (ONS) classifications; Sellafield Limited is classified as part of the public sector by the ONS. Sellafield Limited receives the majority of its funding from the Exchequer; it is therefore important to ensure that any exit payments are fair, proportionate and represent value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p>The specific pension arrangements for Sellafield Limited employees are a matter for Sellafield Limited and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Government policy on public service pension schemes, as set out in <em>Public Service Pensions: Good Pensions that Last</em> (2011), is to move away from final-salary based schemes. The Government is therefore considering how best to apply public service pension reform policy to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority estate whilst being mindful of the particular circumstances of the workforce, in particular at Sellafield Limited.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/10/2016 13:53:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

604964

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has received on the application of the cap on public sector exit payments to employees of Sellafield Ltd; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	49088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>In relation to Sellafield Limited employees, my rt. hon Friend the Secretary of State has received representations, including from employees, employee representatives and Members of Parliament.</p><p>The Government has legislated for a cap on public sector exit payments via the Enterprise Act 2016, as promised in the manifesto. The cap will apply to public sector organisations in line with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) classifications; Sellafield Limited is classified as part of the public sector by the ONS.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/10/2016 13:52:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones