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Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what quantities of uranium have been imported from Africa in each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Baldry
I have been asked to reply.Uranium for the United Kingdom's civil nuclear programme has not been imported from Africa since 1984. From 1980, some 6,300 short tons of U
3 O8 (some 4,800 metric tonnes of contained uranium) were imported. Figures for specific years are as follows:
metric tonnes (to nearest hundred tonnes)
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| 1980 | 1,200 |
| 1981 | 1,300 |
| 1982 | 1,000 |
| 1983 | 900 |
| 1984 | 400 |