§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list all those United Kingdom nuclear facilities which, due to their joint civil/military purpose, are excluded to (a) international nuclear safeguards inspectors and (b) international nuclear safety inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency or Euratom.
Mr. GoodlandThe only areas to which access to international nuclear safeguards inspectors has been limited are a part of the uranium processing and refining area at British Nuclear Fuels plc, Springfields and the Magnox reprocessing areas at BNF Sellafield. Discussions with Euratom on an inspection regime for the civil material in these areas are nearing completion.
There are no IAEA or Euratom safety inspectors.