§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many flights of aircraft carrying plutonium have taken place within the last six months from Carlisle Airport; what were their destinations; what is the size and composition of the pellets packed in the containers carried; how many pellets are placed in each container; how many containers are carried in each aircraft; and what estimate has been made of the dangers from inhalation of the pellets if they become crushed.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisThere have been five such flights, four carrying fuel assemblies for the prototype fast reactor at Dounreay and one carrying plutonium oxide for delivery overseas. It is not in the public interest that the details of consignments of special nuclear materials should be published, but the precautions taken are such that any risk of harmful exposure to plutonium in the event of an aircraft crash is extremely small.