HC Deb 16 February 1990 vol 167 cc472-4W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for the year ended 31 March 1989 (a) the amounts of plutonium (i) in reactor discharges and dispatches and (ii) in irradiated fuel stored at power stations, respectively, for Magnox and advanced gas-cooled reactors and (b) the allocation of the total plutonium at Sellafield, net of sales and leases, in each case for Central Electricity Generating Board reactors; and if the quoted figures are reproduced to the greatest precision possible from records available to his Department;

(2) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the year ended 31 March 1989 (a) the amounts of plutonium (i) in reactor discharges and dispatches and (ii) in irradiated fuel stored at power stations, respectively, for Magnox and advanced gas-cooled reactors and (b) the allocation of the total plutonium at Sellafield, net of sales and leases, in each case for the South of Scotland Electricity Board; and if the quoted figures are reproduced to the greatest precision possible from records available to his Department.

Mr. Baldry

I refer the hon. Member to my Department's press release No. 180 of 5 December 1989, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House. My Department compiled the information from a number of sources and therefore requested it in a form conforming with the format of the press release.