Defence Nuclear Enterprise
UIN: HLWS190 My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The UK is exploring options to re-establish a nuclear fuel cycle for reactor fuel for defence purposes. The Government is committed...
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Defence Nuclear Enterprise
Statement made on 6 November 2024
Statement UIN HLWS190
Statement made by
Lord Coaker
Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
Labour
Life peer
Lords
Statement
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
The UK is exploring options to re-establish a nuclear fuel cycle for reactor fuel for defence purposes. The Government is committed to modernising defence nuclear fuel production under the Defence Nuclear Enterprise. We are commencing engagement with industry to develop options for how this requirement can be delivered.
The UK takes its nuclear responsibilities and obligations seriously. This fuel production cycle will be fully consistent with the UK’s international obligations, including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). It will also be fully consistent with the UK’s voluntary moratorium, established in 1995, on the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.
The UK will continue to maintain the highest standards of safeguarding of civil nuclear materials, ensuring a separation from defence materials and complying with our obligations under the UK’s Voluntary Offer Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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