HC Deb 11 June 1991 vol 192 c522W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has concerning the capability of the Soviet Union to dismantle withdrawn warheads and to manage and recycle the nuclear materials arising.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The Soviet Union does not reveal what it does with the nuclear materials arising from withdrawn nuclear warheads. However, it would almost certainly have the capability to dismantle warheads and recycle the nuclear materials arising for either civil or military purposes.