Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contracts have been placed by the Royal Navy for the procurement of long-term storage tanks for the Devonport royal naval dockyard stockpile of radioactive ion exchange resins from the refitting of nuclear submarines.
§ Mr. SainsburyNo such contracts have been placed by the Royal Navy. Responsibility for providing suitable containers in which to store the spent resin falls to the dockyard contractor.