Written evidence to be reported to the House
Energy Bill
12:00 pm
Dr. Mike Weightman: May I add that, for us, we are not getting into the commercial, availability or diversity of electricity supply routes argument? It is just about concentrating on how we secure safety in the most effective way. That was the issue.
Clearly, if you went for two different designs, you might have a fleet of both, for instance, which would give some of that commonality and would provide learning opportunities. Also, from our point of view, it would be looked at on a worldwide basis, because we do not just look at the UK aspects, but at what can be learned from similar designs internationally. Unfortunately, with the advanced gas-cooled reactors and the old Magnox reactors we do not have that luxury. For whatever reason, every power reactor seemed to be designed differently in some way or another.