Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 29118

Plutonium

Tabled: 5 February 2025

Answered: 14 February 2025

Question

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

Michael Shanks

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 ...

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