§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what quantities of reprocessed uranium have been returned to overseas customers with reprocessing contracts with British Nuclear Fuels plc to date; what quantities remain stored in the United Kingdom and at which locations; and what arrangements have been put in place for the future management of reprocessed uranium arising from foreign contracts.
§ Mr. EggarExcept for small quantities which have already been returned, uranium arising from reprocessing to date by British Nuclear Fuels plc of irradiated nuclear fuel on behalf of overseas customers is stored under international safeguards by the company at its various sites.
Plans for the usage of current and future uranium from reprocessing are a commercial matter for British Nuclear Fuels plc and its customers. The new oxide fuels complex at Springfields has the capability to fabricate nuclear fuels using recycled uranium from the thermal oxide reprocessing plant.