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Written question asked by Kim Howells (Labour) on Thursday, 26 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 March 2009. It was answered by Jonathan Shaw (Labour) on Monday, 23 March 2009 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Nuclear Power Stations

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) Health and Safety Executive and (b) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate staff work (i) full-time and (ii) part-time on the generic design assessment (GDA) of new power station designs; and how many such staff he expects to work on the GDA in each of the next three years.
Answer

I have been asked to reply.The amount of time Nuclear Inspectors in the Health and Safety Executive spent on generic design assessment (GDA) in the last two quarters was:

Days
Quarter 3 for 2008-09 1,004
Quarter 4 for 2008-09 805.5

This is entirely made up of Nuclear Installations Inspectorate staff working on GDA. Approximately 7 per cent. of this effort is from staff not dedicated just to GDA, so only working part-time on GDA.We expect around 25 Inspectors to be working on GDA up to mid June 2011. It is too early to estimate how many Inspectors will be working on the new nuclear build programme after that date.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
490 c173-4W; 260441
Session
2008-09
Related items
Nuclear Installations Inspectorate: Finance
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Nuclear power stations Safety
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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