HC Deb 27 July 1984 vol 64 c872W
Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish a full list of all exports of enriched uranium by date and country since 1956.

Mr. Giles Shaw

Between 1956 and 1978, 1,575 tonnes (u) of enriched uranium were exported for civil purposes. The total exports in each year from 1979 onwards are as follows:

Tonnes (uranium) (rounded to nearest 25 tonnes)
Tonnes
1979 425
1980 375
1981 300
1982 550
1983 175

Most of these exports have been since 1971, with, as the table shows, over half since the beginning of 1979. The bulk of the material is not of United Kingdom origin; it is the re-export of customers' material which has been enriched or otherwise worked on in the United Kingdom. Since 1979 the material has been exported to the following countries:

  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Czechoslovakia
  • France
  • Hungary
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United States of America
  • Venezuela
  • West Germany