§ Mr. Flynnasked the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Sunderland, South, (Mr. Mullin) Official Report, 24 July, column 517 whether plutonium from Calder Hall and Chapel Cross Military Magnox reactors is kept segregated from safeguarded plutonium stocks in a separate building.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerI have nothing to add to my reply to the hon. Member for Sunderland, South (Mr. Mullin) on 24 July at column517.
§ Mr. Riddickasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he is now in a position to publish further information on plutonium in line with recommendation 13(b) of the Sizewell report.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerIn the light of discussions between my Department, the AEA, BNFL and the generating444W boards, I have decided to publish information concerning the production of plutonium from United Kingdom civil reactors on an annual basis from 1986–87 onwards. Work on collating the information is in hand and we will publish it as soon as possible.