§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for Energy how much of the current Euratom budget is allocated to (a) promoting nuclear energy and (b) safety.
Mr. GooodladThere is no seperate Euratom budget. Community research into nuclear fission is funded through the overall Community budget. Some 80 per cent. of the current nuclear fission programme of around £275 million is safety-related with sub-programmes on reactor safety, the management and storage of radioactive waste and the safeguarding of fissile materials. The remainder of the programme is devoted to research into nuclear fuels and decommissioning of nuclear installations. Euratom does not devote resources to promoting nuclear energy.