§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the current locations of the reactor cores from (i) HMS Sovereign, (ii) HMS Swiftsure and (iii) HMS Revenge.
§ Mr. AitkenThe reactor cores of HMS Sovereign and HMS Revenge remain contained on board the submarines. The core removed from HMS Swiftsure is stored ashore in containers authorised for this purpose.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the last reactor core was moved to Sellafield; and from where it was moved.
§ Mr. AitkenThe last nuclear reactor core moved to Sellafield was transferred from Rosyth. As the core was unirradiated, individual module transport containers, fully licensed by the Department of Transport, were able to be used for this transfer, which took place between July and September 1992.