§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Energy, if he will make a statement about the agreement between Britain, France and Italy by which BNFL manufactures uranium dioxide from imported enriched uranium hexafluoride and exports it to France and Italy for use in their nuclear reactors.
§ Mr. GoodladBNFL processes imported low enriched uranium hexafluoride for a variety of overseas customers. All material is covered by the relevant IAEA and EURATOM safeguards agreements and subject to the normal export licence controls.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Energy what quantity of uranium was purchased by the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1985; and from what sources it was purchased.
§ Mr. GoodladThe CEGB informs me that, as reported in its annual reports, all deliveries of natural uranium to the CEGB in 1985 were under a contract with Rio Algom in Canada. The total quantity delivered to the CEGB that year was around 340 tonnes of uranium.