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Plutonium

Commons · Question 29118 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 14 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to increase domestic inventories of plutonium.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 14 Feb 2025

There are no plans to increase the quantity of plutonium in the UK. The domestic inventory of plutonium has arisen from historic reprocessing of spent fuel from the UK and overseas energy utilities under commercial agreements. Reprocessing stopped in the ...