Lord West of Spithead – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord West of Spithead on 2015-10-29.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the size of the present stockpile of plutonium held in the United Kingdom.

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

Data on the amount of civil plutonium in the UK are published each year by the Office for Nuclear Regulation. As of 31 December 2014 there was 126.3 tonnes. Detailed information can be found at http://www.onr.org.uk/safeguards/civilplut14.htm.

Data on the amount of civilian plutonium as of 31 December 2015 will be published in the spring 2016.

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