HC Deb 21 October 2002 vol 391 c67W
Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which reprocessing plant at Sellafield has the technical capacity to dissolve the unirradiated MOX fuel en route from Japan to Sellafield. [75453]

Mr. Wilson

BNFL have advised that the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) has the technical capacity to dissolve the unirradiated MOX fuel, subject to appropriate regulatory consents.