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 ...