HC Deb 04 March 1981 vol 1000 cc134-5W
Mr. Chris Patten

asked the Lord Privy Seal what assurances the United Kingdom has obtained from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany regarding the contracts of British Nuclear Fuels Limited to reprocess spent nuclear fuel from the Federal Republic of Germany.

Mr. Hurd

Notes were exchanged with the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on 18 July 1980 and 5 December 1980 (relating to two separate contracts) about the return of nuclear waste and the conditions under which plutonium would be returned for use in the Federal Republic. Copies of the Notes are being placed in the Library of the House.

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