HC Deb 23 January 1995 vol 253 cc8-9W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 11 January 1995,Official Report, columns 184–85, if he will update the total of notifications of withdrawal of nuclear materials from safeguards, indicating the uses to which the materials were put and whether any withdrawals were permanent.

Mr. Eggar

There have been four notifications of withdrawal of nuclear material from safeguards since my answer last year. All were permanent withdrawals and involved small amounts of nuclear material for R and D or analytical purposes, or depleted uranium for sources shielding.