§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if his Department has made any study of the feasibility of using a linear proton accelerator to produce tritium on the closure of British Nuclear Fuels pic's Chapelcross plant;
(2) if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Workington (Mr. Campbell-Savours), 7 February, Official Report, column 786, he will make a statement on the long-term effectiveness of British Nuclear Fuels plc's present nuclear reactors to provide military nuclear materials for the United Kingdom defence programme.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe reactors at Chapelcross are expected to be effective for the production of any military nuclear materials which may be required, until the late 1990s. Any longer-term defence requirements and options for the replacement of reactors will be kept under review as appropriate.