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Department of Energy schools competition - Student interview (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview at the Royal Institute in London with an unidentified male student on the Walsall-based Cheslyn Hay High School’s winning entry in the Department of Energy’s national schools competition. Male...

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The Business Programme No.86 (1990)

The Business Programme No.86, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. TRACK 1- Property in South Hampshire - The industrial and commercial property markets in Southern Hampshire. Interviews...

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Margaret Thatcher on Department of Energy schools competition (1982)

Genre

Interview

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, speaking at the Royal Institute in London, on the presentation of the awards in the Department of Energy’s schools competition, with the main prize won by Cheslyn Hay High...

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Arthur Palmer on government funds for energy research (1977)

Genre

Interview

Ed Boyle interviews Arthur Palmer, chairman of the Commons Committee on Energy, on need for sufficient government funds for energy research. Says Department of Energy is being timid in investigating...

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Jack Rampton on oil rig finance accusations (1979)

Genre

News report; Interview

Under-Secretary of the Department of Energy, Sir Jack Rampton has been questioned by Joel Barnett of the Public Accounts Committee; he says he does not believe his department has done anything wrong after...

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Piper Alpha disaster - Petrie report (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

Following the Piper Alpha disaster in which an explosion on a North Sea oil platform killed 167 people, a report from the Department of Energy’s Director of Safety, Jim Petrie, has prompted different...

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Government halts support for nuclear reactor (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the Atomic Energy Authority’s Head of Fast Reactor Development, Tony Broomfield following the Department of Energy’s decision to halt the Government’s support for the prototype fast...

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Piper Alpha disaster - Previous sabotage attempt (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

After the Piper Alpha disaster, owners Occidental say they did not inform the Department of Energy inspectorate of a sabotage attempt on the platform until ten months after it happened. They say they did...

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Roger Lyons on on safety in the offshore oil industry (1989)

Genre

Interview

Interview on poor safety levels in the North Sea oilfields. The MSF union has ten thousand members who work in the offshore oil industry; union leaders say they have uncovered revelations about the Piper...

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Piper Alpha disaster report (1990)

Genre

Interview

Lord Cullen’s report on the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster is a new framework for safety says a spokesman from the Department of Energy (not identified). He defends the department despite the report...

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