§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if, in assessing the commercial advantages of an international trade in plutonium, the costs of the physical protection of the plutonium have been taken into account.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerThe reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel by British Nuclear Fuels plc is carried out under contract for its customers on a commercial basis. BNFL's customers have to take into account all the costs involved including the costs of protection.
§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the expected annual cost to Her Majesty's Government for the transport of reprocessed plutonium being transported from Sellafield to Japan in the 1990s.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerNone.