HC Deb 22 December 1988 vol 144 c377W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) in which year plutonium from Calder Hall was first sent to the United States of America under the 1958–59 United States-United Kingdom mutual defence agreement;

(2) in what year plutonium from Chapel Cross was first sent to the United States under the 1958–59 United States-United Kingdom mutual defence agreement;

(3) in what year plutonium from the Central Electricity Generating Board Magnox reactor was first sent to the United States under the 1958–59 United States-United Kingdom mutual defence agreement;

(4) in what year plutonium from the South of Scotland electricity board Magnox reactors was (a) first and (b) last sent to the United States of America under the 1958–59 United States-United Kingdom mutual defence agreement.

Mr. Sainsbury

Details of transfers of nuclear materials under the United States-United Kingdom mutual defence agreement are classified.

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any plutonium originating in United Kingdom electricity board Magnox reactors has ever been used in a nuclear test explosion.

Mr. Sainsbury

No.