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My Honourable friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Nuclear and Renewables) Andrew Bowie MP has today made the following statement:

I am today laying a new Designation Direction in respect of the Springfields Nuclear Site. This amends the existing Designation Direction. This power has been exercised in accordance...

Member
Lord Callanan (Conservative)
Department
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Type
Written statements
Date
7 February 2024
Reference
HLWS244
House
House of Lords

I am today laying a new Designation Direction in respect of the Springfields Nuclear Site. This amends the existing Designation Direction. This power has been exercised in accordance with section 5(4) of the Energy Act 2004, with the consent of Springfields Fuels Ltd (SFL).

This amendment enables new uranium conversion capabilities...

Member
Andrew Bowie (Conservative)
Department
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Type
Written statements
Date
7 February 2024
Reference
HCWS248
House
House of Commons
Laid by
Secretary Claire Coutinho
Department
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Type
Unprinted papers
Date
7 February 2024
House
House of Lords; House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2021 to Question 85170, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that Springfields nuclear site continues producing nuclear fuel for plants in the UK.

Asked by
Lord Whitehead (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 December 2021
Reference
91826
House
House of Commons

Motion that this House has considered continued nuclear fuel manufacturing in the UK. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Mark Menzies
Answering member
Amanda Solloway
Department
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Type
Debates
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc35-57WH
House
House of Commons

I beg to move,

That this House has considered continued nuclear fuel manufacturing in the UK.

It is a pleasure to move the motion under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I know that you are very passionate about manufacturing and skills, so I cannot think of a more appropriate person to be chairing...

Member
Mark Menzies (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c36WH
House
House of Commons

I am sure the hon. Gentleman shares my concerns that the UK had to fire up West Burton A yesterday, and that we are now 3% dependent on coal this year, at a time when the Government are talking about phasing out

the use of coal for electricity generation by...

Member
Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c36WH
House
House of Commons

The right hon. Lady has made a very powerful point that I think everyone present would agree with. As we look to build towards that low-carbon future, with the backdrop of an ever more uncertain world, we must also strengthen our energy security. Sovereign manufacturing capability must be at the...

Member
Mark Menzies (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc37-8WH
House
House of Commons

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way; he is being very generous with his time. Trawsfynydd in my constituency is widely recognised as one of the best sites, and the first of its kind, for SMR. I am sure he will welcome the Welsh Government’s appointment of Mike Tynan...

Member
Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c38WH
House
House of Commons

Indeed. If I may comment without embarrassing the right hon. Lady, she is a true champion of the workforce in her constituency, and she never misses an opportunity to make the case for investment in her area and champion that technology.

However, this new technology can be achieved only if the...

Member
Mark Menzies (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc38-9WH
House
House of Commons

I congratulate the hon. Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies) on securing this important debate at such a critical time, when we need to secure a carbon-free UK as soon as possible.

The UK’s civil nuclear sector is among the most advanced in the world. Fuel production, generation, new build, and research...

Member
Mark Hendrick (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc39-41WH
House
House of Commons

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies) on securing a vital and timely debate. I pay tribute to the unions who welcomed me and my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton West (Chris Green) to...

Member
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc41-2WH
House
House of Commons

I thank the hon. Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies) for raising this important issue. We are all interested in this issue—that is why we are here—but it is also an issue that we cannot ignore, because of the importance of the subject matter. I have raised this topic on a...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc42-4WH
House
House of Commons

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts, and to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), who has articulated so many of the arguments and points in this debate so well. It was a great pleasure to visit the constituency of my hon. Friend the...

Member
Chris Green (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc44-7WH
House
House of Commons

Thank you, Mr Betts. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies) on securing this debate and colleagues from around the House on joining in what might be called a celebration of nuclear, to which I know the...

Member
Richard Graham (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc46-8WH
House
House of Commons

Thank you, Mr Betts. Thank you for your guidance. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I have a funny feeling that it might not be a pleasure for other hon. Members to listen to my contribution, because, not for the first time, I might be presenting a...

Member
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc48-9WH
House
House of Commons

I do not want to debate whether the hon. Gentleman ought to approve of nuclear, but there is a question about the reliance on wind or solar panels. Perhaps there is a surge or abundance of energy at one point, but if at night we have high pressure and no...

Member
Chris Green (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c49WH
House
House of Commons

I will come on to that. The hon. Gentleman himself touched on carbon capture and storage. It has not been proven at scale yet, but it is nearly there. We are looking at hydrogen. The Government have their own hydrogen production targets, as have the Scottish Government. Hydrogen can clearly...

Member
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c49WH
House
House of Commons

It is not quite the same as nuclear fusion, which is always 50 years away—or that is what is always said. On the other technologies, be it battery storage or carbon capture and storage, is there any certainty about the dates when these will become viable technologies?

Member
Chris Green (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c49WH
House
House of Commons

I have to admit that there is not absolute certainty, but it is predicted that the first key carbon capture and storage plant could be up and running before another nuclear power station will be constructed. We are getting very close to the final investment decisions on these carbon capture...

Member
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc49-50WH
House
House of Commons

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Member
Mark Hendrick (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c50WH
House
House of Commons

I have to watch my time, I apologise. I can come back maybe. Taishan in China was held up as an exemplar when it went online, but it has now been taken offline because of safety concerns. If China General Nuclear Power Corporation is involved at Hinkley and the consortium...

Member
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c50WH
House
House of Commons

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Member
Mark Hendrick (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c50WH
House
House of Commons

Very briefly.

Member
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c50WH
House
House of Commons

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He consistently mentions France. President Macron recently said that by generating more than 41% of the energy in France, “nuclear makes us autonomous”. Macron also said,

“It preserves French purchasing power, with a kilowatt-hour 40% cheaper than our European neighbours.”

Member
Mark Hendrick (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c50WH
House
House of Commons

That is what Macron said worked for France. In actual fact we are helping France by paying EDF, effectively helping to subsidise the French nuclear market, so that does not make sense to me. It is by the by. We will also have interconnectors coming from the EU, including France,...

Member
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc51-2WH
House
House of Commons

We have had a good debate this afternoon, with some good contributions from hon. Members, on the subject of Springfields nuclear fuels. I congratulate the hon. Member for—

Member
Lord Whitehead (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c52WH
House
House of Commons

Fylde

Member
Mark Menzies (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c52WH
House
House of Commons

I congratulate the hon. Member on securing what is an important debate, not just for the future of the plant in his constituency, which we are talking about this afternoon, but for the wider question of our strategic future, when we look at the future of nuclear at all.

I do...

Member
Lord Whitehead (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc52-3WH
House
House of Commons

What kind of timescale does the hon. Gentleman envisage for small modular reactors or even Sizewell C coming on stream?

Member
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c53WH
House
House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman himself mentioned that Hinkley C is coming on stream in 2026—maybe even later than that. I will come to the arrival of Sizewell C in a moment, which is probably at the heart of his questions, should we develop modular nuclear reactors that are even further off.

Member
Lord Whitehead (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c53WH
House
House of Commons

When does my hon. Friend think that carbon capture and storage will be done at any significant scale in this country?

Member
Mark Hendrick (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c53WH
House
House of Commons

I try to set myself a self-denying ordinance of not straying too far into wider issues such as firm power, but I would say that carbon capture and storage is very well developed already, and is up and running. I have actually been to see a carbon capture and storage...

Member
Lord Whitehead (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc53-4WH
House
House of Commons

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies) for securing today’s really important debate and my parliamentary colleagues for expressing their support for the UK’s nuclear sector and future.

I will start by reaffirming the strategic...

Member
Amanda Solloway (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc54-5WH
House
House of Commons

What does the Minister think is a realistic timescale for our Government agreeing a deal with EDF on Sizewell C?

Member
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c55WH
House
House of Commons

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, and I will come on to that issue later.

As my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) noted, nuclear could have a role in beyond grid applications such as low-carbon hydrogen production. Last month, we published the UK’s first ever hydrogen...

Member
Amanda Solloway (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 cc55-7WH
House
House of Commons

I begin by thanking you, Mr Betts, for the way in which you have chaired today’s very important debate. I also thank colleagues on both sides of the House for the very constructive way in which they have contributed to today’s debate, particularly the hon. Member for Preston (Sir Mark...

Member
Mark Menzies (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 September 2021
Reference
700 c57WH
House
House of Commons

A debate will be held on 7 September 2021 at 2.30pm in Westminster Hall on Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing in the UK. The debate is sponsored by Mark Menzies, MP for Flyde.

Type
Commons Debate packs
Date
24 August 2021
Reference
CDP-2021-0134

What engagement is the Secretary of State having with a Canadian company called Brookfield, the likely buyer of Springfields nuclear fuels in my constituency, which manufactures nuclear fuel for the UK and provides over 1,200 well-paid jobs?

Asked by
Mark Menzies (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Topical questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
13 March 2018
Reference
637 c710
House
House of Commons

My hon. Friend is a champion of this sector. The Under-Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Watford (Richard Harrington), has met the vice-

president of Brookfield and expressed our continuing support for Springfields to have a future in providing fuel for plants in this country and overseas.

Answered by
Greg Clark (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
13 March 2018
Reference
637 c710
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 24 March 2010, Official Report, column 42WS, on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Springfields Site), what insurance arrangements will apply under the new arrangements for management of the plant.

Asked by
Paul Flynn (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
508 c1228W; 325400
House
House of Commons

I would like to inform the House that the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) has successfully reached agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (WEC) on new commercial arrangements for the Springfields site and fuel manufacturing. The agreement will see the commercial operations and staff fully transfer to WEC, which is the...

Member
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)
Department
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Written statements
Date
24 March 2010
Reference
718 c134-5WS
House
House of Lords

My noble Friend the Minister for Energy and Climate Change today made the following statement."I would like to inform the House that the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) has successfully reached agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (WEC) on new commercial arrangements for the Springfields site and fuel manufacturing. The agreement...

Member
David Kidney (Labour)
Department
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Type
Written statements
Date
24 March 2010
Reference
508 c42WS
House
House of Commons

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 17 January (WA 167) concerning the sewerage system at Springfield, County Fermanagh, what are the criteria for economic feasibility.

Asked by
Lord Laird (Crossbench)
Answering body
Water Service
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 February 2007
Reference
1484; 689 c109-11WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:What plans they have to enhance and extend the sewerage arrangements at Springfield, County Fermanagh.

Asked by
Lord Laird (Crossbench)
Answering body
Water Service
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 January 2007
Reference
1141; 688 c166-7WA
House
House of Lords
Type
Unprinted papers
Date
7 December 2004
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason she has accepted responsibility on behalf of the taxpayer for the costs of clearing up the Springfields site in the United States; what steps she is taking to identify those individuals responsible for generating this environmental and...

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 March 2004
Reference
418 c779W;418 c799W; 157865
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her written statement of 11th December 2003, 415 c93WS, on the BNFL Strategy Review, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority which will result from that body taking responsibility for the...

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 January 2004
Reference
416 c1033W;416 c1031W; 148531
House
House of Commons

Written Statement on the outcome of the BNFL Strategy Review . (Inc fact that further details of the review outcome are in the Library Dep 03/2588).

Member
Patricia Hewitt (Labour)
Department
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written statements
Date
11 December 2003
Reference
415 c93-5WS;415 c91-3WS
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list fines British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. has had to pay in each year since 2000, arising from safety and environmental breaches at (a) Sellafield, (b) Chapelcross, (c) Springfields and (d) the magnox nuclear stations. - Inc table.

Asked by
Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 September 2002
Reference
69448; 390 c196W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the reportable accidents and incidents that occurred at (a) BNFL Chapel Cross, (b) BNFL Calderhall, (c) BNFL Springfield and (d) BNFL Capenhurst since 1992-93; and if he will breakdown the figures by (i) fatalities, (ii) major...

Asked by
Llew Smith (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 March 2000
Reference
113309; 346 c410-1W
House
House of Commons

If he will list all reportable accidents and incidents that have occurred at (a) BNFL Chapel Cross, (b) BNFL Calderhall, (c) BNFL Sellafield, (d) BNFL Springfield and (e) BNFL Capenhurst since 1962; and if he will provide a breakdown of the annual totals into the number of (i) fatalities, (ii)...

Asked by
Andrew Bennett (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 February 1993
Reference
218 c677-8W;218 c673-4W
House
House of Commons

Explanatory memorandum to accompany the BNFL Springfields liquid effluent authorisation. DOE. 1991.

Deposited by
Department of the Environment
Type
Deposited papers
Date
27 December 1991
Reference
Dep 7638
House
House of Commons

What steps he is taking to ensure that the population groups most at risk from the BNFL Springfields Works are correctly identified.

Asked by
Michael Carr (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 December 1991
Reference
200 c166W;200 c165W
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy to require BNFL to publish their criteria for assessing best available technology not entailing excessive cost; & what criteria are used to assess best available techniques not entailing excessive cost with reference to the BNFL Springfields works. - Inc fact that explanation of...

Asked by
Michael Carr (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 December 1991
Reference
200 c176W
House
House of Commons

Accident emergency plans for AEA (Technology) Winfrith Technology Centre; Bradwell nuclear power station; British Nuclear Fuels plc Capenhurst Works, Chester; BNF plc Springfields Works, Preston; Hinkley Point nuclear power station; Oldbury nuclear power station & Sizewell nuclear power station. MAFF. 1990.

Deposited by
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Type
Deposited papers
Date
19 December 1990
Reference
HINF 90/1165

What volumes of radioactive waste are currently disposed of at Clifton Marsh; what radionucleides are deposited; how many bequerels of gamma, beta & alpha radioactivity are at the site; & when disposal of radioactive waste was first begun at Clifton Marsh. - Details given.

Asked by
Paul Flynn (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 January 1990
Reference
165 c584W;165 c581-2W
House
House of Commons

What steps are taken to ensure that BNF plc plants at Sellafield, Springfields, Capenhurst & Chapel Cross are operated within the appropriate regulations under the Alkali Works Regulation Act 1906, the Radioactive Substances Act 1960, the Nuclear Installations Act 1965, the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, the Control...

Asked by
Paul Flynn (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 January 1990
Reference
165 c583-4W;165 c581W
House
House of Commons

If Govt intend to continue to allocate funds for investment in BNFL's enhanced actinide removal plant at Sellafield installation; Line Four Hex plant at Springfield installation; & new oxide fuel complex at Springfield installation.

Asked by
Kim Howells (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 November 1989
Reference
162 c77W;162 c75W
House
House of Commons

What volumes of radioactive toxic & special wastes for which DoE has responsibility are located at Springfields & Capenhurst. - Inc ref to UK radioactive waste inventory (copy in Library).

Asked by
Baroness Quin (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 July 1989
Reference
157 c1195-6W;157 c1194W
House
House of Commons

What volumes of depleted uranium & uranium scrap have been monitored & licensed by HMs pollution inspectorate & nuclear installations inspectorate at BNFL sites at Springfields, Capenhurst, Sellafield & Chapel Cross - Includes ref to 155 c387W

Asked by
Bob Clay (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 July 1989
Reference
157 c105W;157 c105-6W
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Spicer (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
27 February 1989
Reference
148 c10
House
House of Commons
Supplementary on productivity at BNFLs Springfields division
Asked by
Michael Jack (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
27 February 1989
Reference
148 c10
House
House of Commons

What progress has been made with implementation of integrated dry route kiln (IDR) process to convert uranium hexafluoride into ceramic uranium dioxide at British Nuclear Fuels plc, Springfields. - British Nuclear Fuel chairman to write.

Asked by
Paul Flynn (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 February 1989
Reference
147 c470W;147 c466W
House
House of Commons

To inquire into the cause of the escape into public waters of a considerable quantity of uranyl nitrate, suspension of uranium, from the Springfields plant of BNF Ltd. & it possible effects & remedies.

Asked by
Audrey Wise (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 January 1989
Reference
145 c792W;145 c794-5W
House
House of Commons

(Further to 128 c482W) to set out the procedures under which civil safeguarded uranium is co-processed with unsafeguarded defence uranium in compliance with the specific safeguards arrangements for civil uranium at Springfields.

Asked by
Lord Elis-Thomas (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 April 1988
Reference
132 c89W
House
House of Commons

What valuation was put on the fixed assets at Sellafield, Capenhurst & Springfields when transferred from the UKAEA to British Nuclear Fuels Ltd ownership in 1971; & whether the initial investment cost in these facilities is included as a proportion of the unit cost of nuclear-generated electricity by Dept of...

Asked by
Bob Cryer (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 February 1988
Reference
127 c228W;127 c226W
House
House of Commons