HC Deb 14 March 1988 vol 129 cc481-2W
Mr. Salmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if there are any proposals to use Prestwick airport for the transportation of plutonium; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

I understand that British Nuclear Fuels' current preferred option is to use Prestwick airport for returning reprocessed plutonium oxide to Japan. This traffic will not take place until the mid-1990s and no firm decisions have yet been taken.