§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will seek to obtain for the use of Members the report entitled "Uranium Occurrences in Great Britain" drawn up by the Institute of Geological Sciences on behalf of the Atomic Energy Authority.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantThe Institute of Geological Sciences is at present engaged in writing up and collating the results obtained during the survey for uranium. It expects that the report will be published in about November of this year.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the ores containing uranium which have been discovered in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantSeveral uranium-bearing ores have been discovered in the United Kingdom. The main mineral occurring in north Scotland is pitchblende,74W of collisions and deaths. It should be noted that considerably more United Kingdom ships use the English Channel and that the Department's information about them is more complete.
Those countries to which the description "flags of convenience" may be applied is to some extent a matter of subjective judgment. If my hon. Friend would care to let me know which countries he has in mind I shall supply whatever information is available.
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a variety of uraninite, along with phosphate minerals, whilst in south-west England uraninite together with autunite and tobernite have been found.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make it his policy to consider the uranium so far discovered in the United Kingdom as a strategic reserve to be developed in phases as national fuel policy demands.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantThese deposits would not be exploitable at today's world prices, but they provide useful evidence of reserves which might become workable in the future. I have no plans to restrict their eventual exploitation.