§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what reports have been received by his Department from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate in respect of its investigation into the quality control of plutonium MOX fuel manufactured at Sellafield. [102484]
§ Mr. MeacherDETR Ministers have received a number of briefings from HSE's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) on its investigation into the falsification of quality assurance data for fuel manufactured in the MOX demonstration facility at BNFL's Sellafield plant. This investigation has concluded that the automated 100 per cent. check on pellet diameters should provide high confidence that all of the MOX fuel which has been delivered from Sellafield to Japan will be safe in use. A copy of the letter that NII sent to the Japanese Embassy advising them of this conclusion has been placed in the Library of the House.
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Central Government grants and redistributed non-domestic rates £ million Revenue Community SSA Specific grant Redistributed support grant1 charge grant reduction grant inside AEF7 non-domestic rates 1990–91 9,468 — — 3,459 10,429 1992–92 9,652 4,805 — 4,163 12,408 1992–93 316,605 — — 4,363 12,306 1993–94 17,033 — — 4,664 11,559 1994–95 18,479 — 280 4,930 10,685 1995–96 18,296 — 261 4,779 11,354 1996–97 18,001 — 220 4,781 12,736 1997–98 18,650 — 123 5,068 12,027 1998–99 419,480 — 102 5,598 12,524 1999–2000 519,875 — 7119 5,874 13,612 2000–01 619,403 — 751 6,877 15,400 1Excluding RSG to Specified Bodies 2Specific, Special and Supplementary Grants 3Community Charge Grant was incorporated in Revenue Support Grant in 1992–93 4Provisional outturn 5Budget estimates 6Consultation 7Includes Central Support Reduction Grant NII is not currently in a position to comment further on its investigations since this could prejudice possible enforcement action.