Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) whether the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has had any commercial involvement in terms of advice consultancy or hardware and software development for the SP-100 nuclear powered space project;
(2) if there have been any commercial links between UKAEA's Culham laboratories and the SP-100 US space-based nuclear propulsion programme.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerI understand that the UKAEA has had no commercial involvement in, or links with, this project.