Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if any plutonium from safeguarded electricity board Magnox reactors has been exported to the United States of America since May 1979 under(a) the United States —United Kingdom mutual defence agreement of 1958, under 1959 amendment, (b) International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards and (c) Euratom safeguards.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn)90W on 11 March 1988 at column 362. Since 1979, there have been no transfers to the United States of plutonium derived from safeguarded electricity board Magnox reactors under the United Kingdom — United States defence agreement.