| Heading: |
Nuclear Power |
| Question ID: |
1763055 |
| UIN: |
29469 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-06 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4124 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Chi Onwurah
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| Asking Member handle: |
ChiOnwurah
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@ChiOnwurah
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using the UK’s plutonium stockpile to generate electricity. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-11 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) conducted substantial technical, deliverability and economic analysis to identify a preferred option for a long-term disposition solution for the UK-owned plutonium, considering options for immobilisation and re... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |