HC Deb 08 December 1981 vol 14 c333W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the equivalence in useful fuel in terms of coal of 20,000 tonnes of depleted uranium and 12 tonnes of plutonium used in fast reactors.

Mr. John Moore

20,000 tonnes of depleted uranium will, if fissioned in a fast reactor, produce the same amount of electricity as would be produced by burning 40,000 million tonnes of coal. I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him on 3 March 1980 for information on the significance of the United Kingdom plutonium stock.

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