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Mr. Llew Smith
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if the French authorities have informed his Department or the British nuclear authorities of the research use for which the plutonium exported to France from the United Kingdom was put, to which reference is made at footnote 3(a) of his departmental press release P/95/455 of 13 July on plutonium figures. [36762]
Mr. Page
The plutonium exported to France was material for fast reactor research purposes and is subject to Euratom safegards.