§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what research he has commissioned on the technical modifications necessary to the Sellafield MOX plant to enable the plant to process plutonium for immobilisation. [159781]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 8 May 2001]: My Department has not commissioned any research on this subject. We are aware of the recent report by Fred Barker and Mike Sadnicki, "The Disposition of Civil Plutonium 183W in the UK", which, among other things, identifies some modifications which could enable the plant to dispose of plutonium through a process of immobilisation.