Plutonium: Sellafield
Lords · Question HL8178 · Tabled 5 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Jones of Penybont
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.
Answer
Answered by Lord Wilson of Sedgefield, 19 Jun 2025
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...