§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) how much plutonium derived from fuel discharged from Central Electricity Generating Board reactors has been sent to the United States of America;
(2) whether any plutonium derived from eradiated fuel produced in Central Electricity Generating Board reactors has been applied to weapons use either in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;
(3) whether any plutonium sent to the United States of America has been incorporated into the United States of America military stockpile;
(4) how much of the plutonium sent to the United States of America has been used in civil fast reactor research.
§ Mr. GoodladEach of these matters has been covered in previous answers. On the export of plutonium to the United States of America I would refer the hon. Member to the answers given by my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, Central (Mr. Moore) to questions from my hon. Friend the Member for Bedfordshire, North (Mr. Skeet) on 9 March 1983, at column401, and 5 May 1983, at column 116; to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Erewash (Mr. Rost) on 27 July 1982, at column 438; and to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State's answer of 2 July, at column 36, and my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Defence Procurement's of 25 April 1984, at column 506, to questions from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe (Mr. Morris). On the use of plutonium in the United Kingdom and elsewhere I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, Central (Mr. Moore) to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Bedfordshire, North (Mr. Skeet) on 4 February 1983, at column 206. I have nothing to add.