§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 17 October,Official Report, columns 94–95, if he is aware of any planned import of radioactive nitric acid by sea from the United States of America.
§ Mr. NorrisI understand that the United States subsidiary of British Nuclear Fuels plc has recently agreed a contract with the United States Department of Energy to recycle radioactive nitric acid from the Westinghouse Hanford site in. Washington state. The acid will be carried in purpose-built containers which comply with all national and international regulations.