§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the agreement between Her Majesty's Government and Euratom regarding access by Euratom inspectors to reprocessing lines; and what is the current position regarding access by Euratom inspectors to (a) civil, (b) military and (c) co-processing facilities.
§ Mr. GoodladI refer to the reply given to my hon. friend the Member for Penrith and The Border (Mr. Maclean) on 4 June 1986, at columns594–95. Euratom inspectors now have continuous right of access to all civil nuclear material reprocessed at Sellafield. Civil nuclear material is additionally reprocessed at Dounreay where Euratom inspectors have had right of continuous access since the United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community in 1973.
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Energy on how many occasions and on what dates Euratom inspectors have visited nuclear power stations since 1979 to carry out inspections of reprocessing facilities under the headings (a) civil, (b) military and (c) co-processing; and if he will name the facilities involved.
§ Mr. GoodladInformation about individual visits by Euratom inspectors to Sellafield and Dounreay over this period could only be provided at disproportionate cost.