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Proceeding contribution from Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 6 March 2014. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Nuclear Submarines.


Nuclear Submarines

That is, again, a good question. I am assured that the investment I have announced today to expand capacity at Raynesway, coupled with the buffer already in the supply line—reactors for future Astute class submarines are built ahead of the need to install them in the submarines—means that we can take a core, which was built with the intention of being installed in Astute, to refuel Vanguard. We will have been able to catch up on the production of cores before we get to a point where there would be any impact on the Astute programme. End result: there will be no impact on the timeline of Astute.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
576 c1084 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Radioactivity Repairs and maintenance Nuclear submarines Nuclear reactors HMS Vanguard
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk