§ Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what steps the Atomic Energy Authority is taking to increase the civilian uses of enriched uranium in the future by work on the design of reactors which will have a requirement for this fuel.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethI would refer my hon. Friend to the Authority's Annual Report for 1961–62 which describes the development work on reactor systems using enriched uranium. In addition to the advanced gas-cooled reactor and the high temperature gas-cooled reactor (Dragon project) the programme includes work on the steam generating heavy water reactor system. Following the announcement by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport on 8th November, 1961, a vigorous programme of research on marine reactors, which also require enriched uranium, is in hand.