§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the excess stockpile capacity available for Rossing uranium.
§ Mr. BennThe supply of uranium from the Rossing mine will not be surplus to expected United Kingdom demand.
§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what are the actual imports of uranium planned for 1976 to 1982 from all sources;
(2) what is the present estimate of uranium consumption in 1976 to 1982.
§ Mr. BennConsumption for the civil nuclear power programme during the period 1st April 1976 to 31st March 1982 will depend on a number of variables including the level of electricity demand and the re-cycling of recovered material, but is estimated at about 18,000 short626W tons of uranium oxide. Most of this will be met from imports.
§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the consumption of uranium in Great Britain in 1975.
§ Mr. BennConsumption for the civil nuclear power programme during the period 1st April 1975 to 31st March 1976 was 2,300 short tons of uranium oxide.