§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will indicate the specific time periods in which the radioactive material produced in (a) Calder Hall and (b) Chapel Cross nuclear reactors has been subject to the full safeguards procedures as set out in the 1977 tripartite safeguards agreement between the United Kingdom, Euratom, and the International Atomic Energy Authority.
§ Mr. GoodladThe safeguards procedures set out in the 1977 tripartite safeguards agreement between the United Kingdom, Euratom and the International Atomic Energy Agency are not applicable to material in facilities which are excluded for national security reasons. The Calder Hall and Chapel Cross nuclear reactors fall into this category and the material produced in them is not subject to the terms of the agreement.