§ Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the joint working groups since 1997 conducted under the auspices of the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement. [134906]
§ Mr. CaplinJoint Working Groups conducted since 1997 under the auspices of the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement have exchanged technical information on the following subjects:
- Radiation Simulation and Kinetic Effects Technology
- Energetic Materials
- Nuclear Materials
- Warhead Electrical Components and Technologies
- Non-nuclear Materials
- Nuclear Counter Terrorism Technology
- Facilities
- Nuclear Weapons Engineering
- Nuclear Warhead Physics
- Computational Technology
- Aircraft, Missile and Space System Hardening
- Laboratory Plasma Physics
- Manufacturing Practices
- Nuclear Warhead Accident Response Technology
- Nuclear Weapon Code Development
- Nuclear Weapon Environment and Damage Effects
- Methodologies for Nuclear Weapon Safety Assurance