§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he has any plans to offer for full safeguards to the International Atomic Energy Agency and Euratom Safeguards Authorities all plutonium created in British Nuclear Fuels' Calder Hall and Chapelcross reactors, arising from periods when the reactors were operating on civil production cycles.
§ Mr. BaldryNo. These are non-safeguarded facilities.
Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what amount of plutonium created in civil reactors in the United Kingdom is currently allocated to the ownership of the European Community under article 86 of the Euratom treaty; and what amount of civil plutonium will be allocated to the European Community with the creation of Nuclear Electric.
§ Mr. BaldryIn accordance with article 86 of the Euratom treaty, all special fissile materials produced in civil reactors in the United Kingdom are the property of the Community. However, under article 87, member states or operators retain unlimited right of use and consumption. The position will not change with the creation of Nuclear Electric.