HC Deb 16 May 1991 vol 191 c242W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance has been offered by the British embassy in Japan to British Nuclear Fuels plc in obtaining contracts from Japanese Electrical Utilities for mixed oxide nuclear fuel.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

British Nuclear Fuels plc has no mixed oxide nuclear fuel contracts with Japanese customers at present. The British embassy provides British companies, including BNFL, with commercial assistance as well as advice on the political background in Japan. There is a counsellor (atomic energy) on the staff of the embassy.