§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what basic technical characteristics of the THORP reprocessing line and associated facilities have been submitted to EURATOM; what particular safeguards provisions for the THORP reprocessing line and its asssociated facilities have been agreed with EURATOM; and on what dates in each case(a) information was first provided to EURATOM and (b) those agreements entered into force.
§ Mr. EggarSuch documents on safeguards arrangements are confidential to the parties concerned. A general description of the interaction between BNFL and Euratom in agreeing safeguards arrangements for THORP was given in the paper, "THORP: The Route to a252W Safeguardable Plant", presented at the 15th European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ESARDA) symposium in Rome in May 1993.
§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will set out the methodology adopted, including reference to any expert sources outside his Department, by which he came to the conclusion to offer the departmental advice on the economics of THORP to the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, referred to at paragraph 128 of the decision document on THORP of 15 December.
§ Mr. EggarThe advice given by my Department to my right hon. Friends was prepared by reference to materials contained in the publicly available consultation documents.