§ Mr. Flynnasked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) whether he has any information subsequent to the statement by the then Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, on 2 April 1964, concerning the specific use to which the electricity board Magnox plutonium consigned to the United States has been put since this date; and whether there are any plans for future export of electricity board plutonium to the United States of America;
(2) whether all consignments of plutonium arising from British civil electricity board Magnox reactors and exported to the United States of America have been covered by bilateral peaceful end use restriction nuclear safeguards or International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards;
(3) whether all exports of plutonium arising from British Nuclear Fuels Limited, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Central Electricity Generating Board or South of Scotland Electricity Board reactors exported to the United States since May 1979 have been covered by peaceful end use safeguards.
§ Mr. Michael Spicer[pursuant to his reply, 24 July 1987, c. 516–17]: I refer the hon. Member to the replies given by my hon. Friend the Member for Eddisbury (Mr. Goodlad) on 19 May 1986, at column 31, and by my right hon. Friend the Member for Worcester (Mr. Walker) on 2 July 1984, at column 36.
There are no current plans to export electricity board plutonium to the USA.
§ Mr. Mullinasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish all evidence or papers submitted by his Department to the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael Spicer[pursuant to his reply, 24 July 1987, c. 520]: The Department has submitted no written evidence or papers to RWMAC in the last five years.
§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) if he will publish a weekly input/output table from 1 January of spent Magnox fuel arising from civil Magnox reactors, together with the arisings of resulting depleted 752W uranium and plutonium stocks for the throughput at the Windscale B205 reprocessing plant at British Nuclear Fuels plc, Sellafield;
(2) why he will not publish input/output details of spent Magnox reactor fuel and depleted uranium/plutonium stocks at Sellafield.
§ Mr. Michael Spicer[pursuant to his reply, 24 July 1987. c. 520]: I refer the hon Member to the answer given on 24 July 1987 to the hon Member for Meirionnydd Na nt Conwy (Mr. Thomas) at columns 515–16. It would not be in the national interest to give this information on a more frequent basis.