§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will set out the arrangements agreed(a) bilaterally and (b) in regard to multilateral treaties to which the United Kingdom is a party, between the United Kingdom and (i) Italy and (ii) Japan, respectively, to apply safeguards to Magnox nuclear fuel sent for reprocessing at Sellafield; and in each case what was the date of the first receipt of spent fuel in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryThe following agreements are in force:
- (i) INFCIRC 125—between the United Kingdom, Japan and the IAEA;
- (ii) INFCIRC 175—between the United Kingdom and the IAEA;
- (iii) INFCIRC 263—between the United Kingdom, the IAEA and the European Atomic Energy Community.
In addition, all civil nuclear material, including that received for reprocessing from Italy and Japan, is subject to Euratom safeguards under the treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community of 1957.
The first receipt of spent fuel from (i) Italy, took place in January 1966; and (ii) Japan took place in September 1969.