Written question asked by Bill Tynan (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 June 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 June 2004. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 June 2004 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the proposed decommissioning dates are of each nuclear power station in the UK; and what level of carbon emissions would result if each was replaced by combined cycle gas turbine generation. - Inc details and figure.

Answer: Mr. Tynan: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the proposed decommissioning dates are of each nuclear power station in the UK; and what level of carbon emissions would result if each was replaced by combined cycle gas turbine generation. [178321] Mr. Timms: The proposed closure dates of each nuclear power station in the UK are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Name of power plant Current proposed closure date Chapelcross 2005 Dungeness A 2006 Sizewell A 2006 Oldbury 2008 Dungeness B 2008 Wylfa 2010 Hinkley Point B 2011 Hunterston B 2011 Hartlepool 2014 Heysham 1 2014 Heysham 2 2023 Torness 2023 Sizewell B 2035 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Output from nuclear generation in 2003 amounted to 82TWh. If this output was replaced by combined cycle gas turbine generation then the increase in carbon emissions would be around eight million tonnes of carbon per annum.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 178321; 422 c821W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Decommissioning Air pollution Carbon Increases Gas fired power stations Nuclear power stations Pollution control Smoke and chimney gases
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk