§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Defence if any of the enriched uranium produced at Capenhurst will be used for nuclear weapons.
§ Mr. PymI refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Aldershot (Mr. Critchley) on 15 January 1980.—[Vol. 976, c. 712–13.]
§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Defence what statutory procedures exist for public objections to the new developments at Capenhurst; how long the new development will take to build; and who will own and be responsible for the new plant.
§ Mr. PymThe proposal for a new defence plant at Capenhurst, like all such proposals by Government Departments, is the subject of non-statutory consultation with the local planning authority to whom objections can be put forward. The new plant is expected to come into service in the mid-1980s. It will be owned by the Ministry of Defence and operated by British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.
§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total cost of building the next extension at Capenhurst; and if this cost will form part of the Government's estimated budget of £4,000 million to £5,000 million allocated to maintaining the nuclear forces.