Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 12 June 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many withdrawals of nuclear materials from safeguards applied under the tripartite UK-Euratom-IAEA Voluntary Safeguards Agreement there have been since May 2010; and how many such withdrawals were permanent.
Information on nuclear material withdrawn from safeguards is available on the Office for Nuclear Regulation website at:
www.onr.org.uk/safeguards/withdrawals.htm in the same format as provided to Parliament on
In 2014, the notifications received to date are as follows:
Summary of notifications of withdrawals from safeguards, 2014, year to date | |
Number of withdrawal notifications (by type of nuclear material involved)1 | Reason for withdrawal |
One notification involving plutonium (Pu), microgramme quantities | One notification for use in analysis/analytical purposes (e.g. samples, standards/tracers and/or in instrument calibration) from organisations that provide standards/tracers and/or nuclear material for instrument calibration2 One notification also involved mg quantities of natural uranium2 |
Two notifications involving high enriched uranium (HEU), total~ 0.4 g | Two notifications for material contained in radiation detectors2 (from a company that manufactures radiation detectors) |
Nine notifications involving depleted uranium (DU), total ~348 kg | Nine notifications for depleted uranium as shielding containers3 |
1 Tabulated information covers advance notifications of withdrawal approved by ONR - Safeguards. 2 There are no facilities outside safeguards that have material in such quantities and forms, and defence establishment requirements for these specialist materials have therefore been met by supply from civil organisations. 3 The advance notifications of withdrawal for depleted uranium shielded containers were for temporary withdrawals, the containers being used during the replacement of spent radioactive sources at UK defence establishments. |
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