HC Deb 25 May 1993 vol 225 c487W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many shipments of safeguarded plutonium from the United Kingdom to Japan have taken place to date.

Mr. Eggar

For the period from May 1979, shipments of plutonium from the United Kingdom to Japan were made in financial years 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82. The shipments were made under safeguards for use in civil nuclear power research and development. The specific details are a matter for the operator concerned and its customers.

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