§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give the quantity of stocks of depleted uranium held by BNFL at (a) Sellafield, (b) Capenhurst and (c) Springfields.
§ Mr. GoodladThe quantity of depleted uranium resulting from the reprocessing of civil magnox fuel and the operations of enrichment plants for civil purposes and stored by BNFL is as follows:
Uranium tonnes Sellafield 300 Capenhurst 16,000 Springfields 5,000 A further 5,200 tonnes are held at Chapelcross. All this depleted uranium is subject to international safeguards.