§ 32. Mr. Palmerasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the contract entered into by the Central Electricity Generating Board with Techsnabexport of the USSR for the supply of enriched uranium fuel for use in the advanced gas-cooled reactors of the Board.
§ Mr. BennThe contract between the generating boards and Techsnabexport which was announced on 25th February 1975 is for the provision of 1,000 tonnes of separative work over the period 1980 to 1989 to provide low enriched uranium. The contract is subject to normal safeguards arrangements. It is not normal practice to disclose the commercial terms of such a contract.