Written question asked by Malcolm Wicks (Labour) on Friday, 11 November 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 November 2011. It was answered by Charles Hendry (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Nuclear Power Stations: Construction

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the risks posed by construction on new nuclear power stations; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: To provide an assessment of the risks posed by construction of new nuclear power stations my department commissioned ““Engineering the Future to produce the Nuclear Lessons Learned”” report which is available at:"http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/Nuclear_Lessons_Learned_Oct10.pdf"We will continue to work closely with developers to satisfy ourselves they have processes in place to capture and transfer knowledge gained from projects to benefit the UK new build programme.

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