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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the reportable accidents and incidents that occurred at (a) BNFL Chapelcross, (b) BNFL Calderhall, (c) BNFL Springfields and (d) BNFL Capenhurst since 1992-93; and if he will breakdown the figures by (i) fatalities, (ii) major injuries, (iii) other injuries, (iv) dangerous occurrences and (v) disease. [113309] Mrs. Liddell: The tables contain information on accidents and incidents reported to HSE since 1992-93 at specified BNFL premises. Brief details of events occurring at licensed nuclear sites relating to nuclear safety are published in the site Quarterly Reports, which are placed in the Libraries of both Houses. 1. Notifications are made under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 and their predecessors. Table 1A: Chapelcross _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fatal Major injuries Other injuries Dangerous Diseases occurrence 1992-93 0 0 5 1 0 1993-94 0 1 0 0 0 1994-95 0 0 3 0 0 1995-96 0 0 3 3 0 1996 0 0 1 3 1 1997 0 0 2 2 0 1998 0 1 1 1 0 1999 0 1 2 2 0 2000 0 0 0 1 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 1B: Calderhall _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fatal Major injuries Other injuries Dangerous Diseases occurrence 1992-93 0 0 7 3 0 1993-94 0 0 4 0 0 1994-95 0 1 9 0 0 1995-96 0 1 6 3 0 1996-97 0 0 2 0 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 1B: Calderhall _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fatal Major injuries Other injuries Dangerous Diseases occurrence 1996 0 1 2 0 0 1997 0 0 0 0 1 1998 0 0 0 0 0 1999 0 0 0 1 0 2000 0 0 0 0 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 1C: Capenhurst _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fatal Major injuries Other injuries Dangerous Diseases occurrence 1992-93 0 0 4 1 1 1993-94 0 0 12 0 0 1994-95 0 1 5 0 1 1995-96 0 0 4 1 0 1996-97 0 0 0 0 0 1996 0 0 0 0 0 1997 0 0 1 1 0 1998 0 1 2 0 0 1999 0 2 1 0 0 2000 0 0 0 0 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 1D: Springfields _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fatal Major injuries Other injuries Dangerous Diseases occurrence 1992-93 0 8 39 3 0 1993-94 0 1 40 1 0 1994-95 0 5 25 2 2 1995-96 0 2 10 0 0 1996-97 0 0 7 1 0 1996 0 1 14 1 1 1997 0 7 5 2 0 1998 0 3 7 8 0 1999 0 2 6 3 0 2000 0 0 2 0 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The Health and Safety Executive transferred responsibility for enforcement of the general provisions of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 at licensed nuclear installations from its Field Operations Directorate to the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate in August 1996. The figures up to August 1996 are recorded by financial year and those after are recorded by calendar year. 2. Notification of nuclear events to HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate in accordance with the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (as amended) and published in the sites' Quarterly Report. Table 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Site Event Date Chapelcross Employee momentarily exposed to radiation 25 May 1993 from irradiated fuel element Chapelcross Defect in heat exchanger 1 June 1997 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

113309; 346 c410-1W

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Disclosure of information Death British Nuclear Fuels Accidents Diseases Injuries Nuclear fuel reprocessing Springfields Capenhurst Chapelcross power station Calder Hall power station

Contains statistics

Yes