Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what proportion of the costs allocated under(a) in annex B of his Department's memorandum to the Energy Committee on fast reactors published in HC 613, page 6, to reprocessing operations, fissure materials, and technical support for the Dounreay plants, in 1989–90, was spent on nuclear safeguards activities;
(2) what proportion of the costs allocated under (b) in annex B of his Department's memorandum to the Energy Committee on fast reactors, published in HC 613, page 6, to reprocessing services in support of European collaboration, materials, design and component proving and for engineering in the research and development programme in 1989–90 was spent on nuclear safeguards activities.
§ Mr. BaldryThe AEA recovers the cost of its nuclear safeguards work as an overhead from its various nuclear activities. In 1989–90, this cost represents some 0.2 per cent, of costs allocated under item(a) Dounreay plants, and some 0.1 per cent, of expenditure allocated under item (b) research and development in annex B of the Department's memorandum to the Energy Committee on fast reactors.