§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the President of the Board of Trade when Her Majesty's Government first provided Euratom with a full set of design details of the thermal oxide reprocessing plant to assist in the preparations of safeguards and nuclear materials security arrangements.
§ Mr. EggarSuch information is supplied to Euratom by the plant operator, BNFL, in confidence. However, a general description of the interaction of BNFL with Euratom on this subject is given in the paper "THORP: The route to a safeguardable plant", presented in May 1993 at the European Safeguards Research and Development Association, 15th annual symposium on safeguards and nuclear materials management held in Rome, Italy.
§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the cost to Her Majesty's Government for the assistance afforded to Euratom in its design verification of the thermal oxide reprocessing plant and attendant facilities in preparing its nuclear safeguards arrangements for THORP.
§ Mr. EggarThe cost of undertaking design verification of the THORP plant was met by the Euratom safeguards directorate and BNFL.