§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has on the agreement made on 20 December 1988 between the United Stales Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Japan Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation for the development of criteria for certification of a plutonium air transport cask; whether British Nuclear Fuels plc has been involved with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the JPNC in criteria development; and if he will request the United Kingdom advisory committee on the safe transport of radioactive materials, ACTRAM, to evaluate the developments arising from the agreement.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyNegotiations between the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Japan Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development 597W Corporation are a matter for the parties concerned. British Nuclear Fuels plc has not been involved in those negotiations.
It would not be appropriate to refer these matters to the advisory committee on the safe transport of radioactive materials which has completed its programme of work.