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To give % & amount of DEN's research & development budget now allocated to nuclear & renewable energy projects; & if there are any plans to review priorities with view to adjusting present balance, consequential to statement on future nuclear power station construction programme. (159 c1175-83). - Inc table.

Asked by
Peter Rost (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 November 1989
Reference
162 c35-6W;162 c34W
House
House of Commons

Which body will be responsible, after privatisation of electricity industry, for current research which CEGB is engaged in on possible health hazards associated with exposure to power frequency electromagnetic fields from power lines & other sources.

Asked by
Lord Russell-Johnston (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 July 1989
Reference
157 c52W
House
House of Commons

To comment on progress made in research into cold fusion at Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell.

Asked by
Lord Elis-Thomas (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 July 1989
Reference
156 c168W;156 c170W
House
House of Commons
What information is currently available to Dept of Energy on low-temperature nuclear fusion.
Asked by
Dudley Fishburn (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
15 May 1989
Reference
153 c11-2
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Spicer (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
15 May 1989
Reference
153 c11-2
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Spicer (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
15 May 1989
Reference
153 c11-2
House
House of Commons

To make it policy to ask chairman of UKAEA to evaluate feasibility of low temperature nuclear fusion, as discovered in joint experiment announced in March 1989; what effort has been committed by officers in Dept of Energy to evaluate claims by British American & Hungarian scientists in March & April...

Asked by
Lord Elis-Thomas (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 May 1989
Reference
152 c289W
House
House of Commons

What advantages will be gained for UK fusion research by planned reduction in programme funding

Asked by
Kenneth Warren (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 January 1989
Reference
146 c90W;146 c89W
House
House of Commons

To give reasons for decision to discontinue fusion research in UK & if HM's Govt will participate in any joint project on the continent after 1992 along the lines of Joint European Torus; & on what technologies research should be undertaken at Culham, Oxfordshire, apart from lasers. - Ref to...

Asked by
Trevor Skeet (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
31 October 1988
Reference
139 c480W;139 c478W
House
House of Commons

Further to 135 c100W, to give details of the specific UK funded substantial safeguards support programme to which he makes reference; with what organisations contracts are lodged to carry out this programme; & if the results of this research support programme are published in publicly available literature. - Includes fact...

Asked by
Lord Elis-Thomas (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 July 1988
Reference
138 c288W
House
House of Commons

What is purpose of JET programme & how much it has so far cost EEC

Asked by
Teddy Taylor (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 July 1988
Reference
137 c833-4W;137 c818W
House
House of Commons

What are future plans for funding the research & development of fusion, in light of recent statements by European Parlt's scientific & technical options assessment unit

Asked by
Lord Wallace of Tankerness (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 July 1988
Reference
136 c431W;136 c423W
House
House of Commons

If there are any plans to ensure that electricity supply industry reduces loss of electricity in transmission & promotes increased research into superconductivity

Asked by
Trevor Skeet (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 July 1988
Reference
136 c432W;136 c424W
House
House of Commons

To give expenditure from 1975 to date on pressurised water reactor research & development by CEGB & NII including in both cases direct expenditure & cost of research & development subcontracted to UKAEA; & by UKAEA excluding research & development sub-contracted for CEGB & NII & what is forecast for...

Asked by
Lord Elis-Thomas (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 May 1988
Reference
133 c517-8W
House
House of Commons

Various questions on funding of research on nuclear fusion in light of ETSU-R43, the European Torus project, prospectus for commercial power from nuclear fusion, info on evaluation of research & assessment of fusion sponsored by EP & produced by Centre for Energy Studies at South Bank Polytechnic

Asked by
Frank Cook (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 May 1988
Reference
133 c221W
House
House of Commons

To list all occasions since 1 Jan 1973 when notifications of planned nuclear experiments have been made to the European Commission under European Treaty article 34, & place copies of such notifications in the Library.

Asked by
Bob Cryer (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 February 1988
Reference
127 c227W;127 c225W
House
House of Commons

What representations have been received re future of mobile maintenance unit based at Llandegai Owynedd & Fiddler's Ferry & the scientific services dept based at Llandegai & Manchester. - None.

Asked by
Ieuan Wyn Jones (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 February 1988
Reference
127 c63W
House
House of Commons

What plans are there to support research & development into water-generated electricity in immediate & in longer term

Asked by
Tony Speller (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 January 1988
Reference
126 c17-8W
House
House of Commons

What funding is provided towards research into renewable energy & are there plans to increase such levels of funding in future

Asked by
Harry Barnes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 January 1988
Reference
125 c606-7W
House
House of Commons

Statement on energy cost & long-shot renewable energy technology - Includes ref to Energy Paper 54 in Library

Asked by
Tony Speller (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 January 1988
Reference
125 c502-3W
House
House of Commons