HC Deb 08 June 1995 vol 261 cc297-8W
Mr. Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all projects on which his Department is working jointly with Los Alomos National Laboratories. [26879]

Mr. Freeman

Under the 1958 UK-US mutual defence agreement, the Atomic Weapons Establishment works closely with Los Alamos National Laboratory on a number of areas of research. These include:

  • Neutron Sources
  • Irradiation Effects on Materials and Components
  • High Explosives for Nuclear Weapons
  • Chemistry and Compatibility of Materials
  • Metallurgy of Weapons Materials
  • Non-Nuclear Components
  • Non-Metallic Materials
  • Weapons Material Management
  • Nuclear Weapons Engineering
  • Physics Design
  • Weapons Hydrodynamics
  • Computational Technology
  • Nuclear Weapons Physics
  • Nuclear Forces and Counter-Proliferation Studies
  • Manufacturing Technology
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  • Nuclear Warhead Accident Response Technology
  • Nuclear Weapon Computer Code Development
  • Nuclear Weapons Environment and Damage Effects

Mr. Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all projects on which his Department is working jointly with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. [26880]

Mr. Freeman

Under the 1958 UK-US mutual defence agreement, the Atomic Weapons Establishment works closely with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on a number of areas of research. These include:

  • Irradiation Effects on Materials and Components
  • High Explosives for Nuclear Weapons
  • Chemistry and Compatibility of Materials
  • Test Monitoring
  • Metallurgy of Weapons Materials
  • Non-Metallic Materials
  • Weapons Material Management
  • Nuclear Weapons Engineering
  • Physics Design
  • Weapons Hydrodynamics
  • Computational Technology
  • Nuclear Weapons Physics
  • Nuclear Forces and Counter Proliferation Studies
  • Manufacturing Technology
  • Nuclear Warhead Accident Response Technology
  • Nuclear Weapon Computer Code Development
  • Nuclear Weapons Environment and Damage Effects

Mr. Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much money is being paid annually to Sandia National Laboratory in return for them providing engineering services in support of the Trident systems re-entry body. [26881]

Mr. Freeman

The precise figure is commercially sensitive, but amounts to less than $1 million per year.

Mr. Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all projects on which Sandia National Laboratories is working on behalf of the United Kingdom Government, in addition to those listed on page 7.69 of Sandia National Laboratories institutional plan, FY 1995–2000. [26882]

Mr Freeman

Sandia National Laboratory provides certain services in support of the UK Trident programme. Sandia also provides goods and services to support the UK nuclear research programme under contracts placed on the laboratory by the US Department of Energy on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence. These are described as "projects" in Sandia's institutional plan.