| Heading: |
Plutonium: Sellafield |
| Question ID: |
1810068 |
| UIN: |
HL8178 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5383 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Jones of Penybont
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Lord Jones of Penybont
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government why they have decided to dispose of 140 tonnes of civil plutonium stored at Sellafield instead of repurposing it for new energy generation. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-19 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1603 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield
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| Answer text: |
I refer my noble Friend to the answer given by my noble Friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 8th May 2025 to Question HL6800. The Government took the decision to immobilise the UK’s civil separated plutonium inventory based on strategic, economic, technical... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |