§ 98. Mr. Marshasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what approaches have been made to Her Majesty's Government for the supply of plutonium by the United Kingdom or through Euratom, to France.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethThe Euratom Supply Agency, acting on behalf of the French Atomic Energy Commission, is negotiating to buy from the Atomic Energy Authority the plutonium needed to make the first charge for the experimental fast reactor which the French are building in association with Euratom. A contract for the sale of the first half of the charge is expected to be signed shortly. The material will be supplied under the Co-operation Agreement of 1959 between the United Kingdom and Euratom which contains guarantees that it will not be used for military purposes.