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Plutonium: Sellafield |
| Question ID: |
1784138 |
| UIN: |
HL5712 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3526 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Berkeley
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Berkeley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 26 February (HLWS493), what is the meaning of "immobilise" in relation to the UK-owned civil separated plutonium inventory at Sellafield. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-26 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
2024 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
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| Answering Member handle: |
lordphilofbrum
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@lordphilofbrum
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| Answer text: |
Immobilisation will place the separated plutonium into an inherently safer and more stable form, which reduces the long-term management burden during storage and is suitable for a geological disposal facility. The NDA is working with commercial partners a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |