Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is, for each year since 1973, the total amount of uranium mined in Namibia which has been imported into Britain.
§ Mr. Michael Spicer[holding answer 30 November 1988]: There were no imports of uranium ore concentrate from Namibia for the United Kingdom's civil nuclear power programme until 1977. Between 1977 and 1984, some 8,600 short tons of U308 (some 6,600 metric tonnes of contained uranium) were imported. There have been no such imports since 1984.
684WAll uranium imported into the United Kingdom for civil purposes is subject to Euratom safeguards and to the terms of the United Kingdom-Euratom-IAEA safeguards agreement.