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registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he had on nuclear power with (a) his Chinese counterpart and (b) other members of the delegation of the Chinese prime minister during their visit to the UK in June; what matters were agreed; and if he will publish texts of any such agreements reached.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	200978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State met with Premier Li and various Chinese companies to discuss areas of on-going cooperation within the nuclear power sector. During these discussions the UK and Chinese Governments signalled a deepening of their partnership on civil nuclear energy through the signing of a joint statement on civil nuclear power.</p><p>Alongside this, HMG have signed a Four Party Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Civil Nuclear Fuel Cycle Supply Chain with the INS, CNNC and CAEA to further cooperation across the civil nuclear backend fuel cycle, creating potential commercial opportunities for UK companies.</p><p>Both countries see the importance of working together on the UK's nuclear new build programme, China's own domestic civil nuclear programme and in third country markets, to maximise the billion pound opportunities this presents for both UK and Chinese companies.</p><p>Both the joint statement and Four Party MoU are published on our website at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multimillion-boost-to-uk-economy-as-china-and-uk-government-sign-civil-nuclear-agreement-and-sign-agreement-to-deepen-cooperation-on-climate-change" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multimillion-boost-to-uk-economy-as-china-and-uk-government-sign-civil-nuclear-agreement-and-sign-agreement-to-deepen-cooperation-on-climate-change</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 24/06/2014 14:51:16 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

60432

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Oil: Libya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many barrels of oil were exported from Libya to the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	199476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below shows imports of crude oil to the United Kingdom from Libya for each of the last five years. The data are rounded to the nearest 1,000 barrels and the 2013 number is provisional.</p><p><em>Imports of crude oil to the UK from Libya (barrels at 7.37 barrel per tonne)</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2013 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrels</p></td><td><p>14,828,000</p></td><td><p>21,557,000</p></td><td><p>5,638,000</p></td><td><p>20,032,000</p></td><td><p>13,598,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 12/06/2014 14:10:09 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

58250

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Nuclear Safeguards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	199177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on nuclear material withdrawn from safeguards is available on the Office for Nuclear Regulation website at <a href="http://www.onr.org.uk/safeguards/withdrawals.htm" target="_blank">www.onr.org.uk/safeguards/withdrawals.htm</a>, in the same format as provided to Parliament on 28 July 2000 (Official Report, column 1094W) and in the written answer to Parliament on 1 March 2001 (Official Report, column 732-733W). The website provides annual reports on withdrawals from 2001 to 2013. As indicated in footnote 3 to each table, the advance notifications of withdrawal of depleted uranium shielded containers were temporary. All other withdrawals were permanent.</p><p>In 2014, the notifications received to date are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Table: Summary of Notifications of Withdrawals from Safeguards (2014, year to date)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of withdrawal notifications (by type of nuclear material involved)</strong><sup><strong><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/safeguards/withdrawals2012.htm#fn1#fn1" target="_blank">1</a></strong></sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Reason for withdrawal</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>One notification involving plutonium (Pu), µg quantities.</p></td><td><p>One notification for use in analysis/analytical purposes (e.g. samples, standards/tracers and/or in instrument calibration) from organisations that provides standards/tracers and/or nuclear material for instrument calibration<sup><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/safeguards/withdrawals2012.htm#fn2#fn2" target="_blank">2</a></sup> One notification also involved mg quantities of natural uranium<sup><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/safeguards/withdrawals2012.htm#fn2#fn2" target="_blank">2</a></sup>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two notification involving high enriched uranium (HEU), total ~ 0.4 g.</p></td><td><p>Two notifications for material contained in radiation detectors<sup><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/safeguards/withdrawals2012.htm#fn2#fn2" target="_blank">2</a></sup> (from a company that manufactures radiation detectors).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nine notifications involving depleted uranium (DU), total ~348 kg.</p></td><td><p>Nine notifications for depleted uranium as shielding containers<sup><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/safeguards/withdrawals2012.htm#fn3#fn3" target="_blank">3</a></sup>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes </em></p><p> </p><p><em>1. Tabulated information covers advance notifications of withdrawal approved by ONR - Safeguards. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>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.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>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.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 12/06/2014 14:15:14 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

57750

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Dungeness B Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information has been provided to his Department by (a) EDF Energy and (b) the Office for Nuclear Regulation on the application by EDF Energy to extend the operating life of the Dungeness B reactor.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	198936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>In December 2013, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) received a notification from EDF Energy of the intention to extend the planned operating life of Dungeness B AGR power station (as required under the Nuclear Liabilities Funding Agreement). Information relating to this process was shared with the Department. The decision on whether in practice to extend the life of the plant will be a commercial matter for EDF Energy. This is subject to the relevant safety and security regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 15:19:35 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

48199

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the costs associated with supporting new nuclear power stations in England and Wales will be levied on energy consumers in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	196414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The supplier obligation will raise funds to cover all liabilities under all Contracts for Difference (CfDs), including nuclear ones. All licensed suppliers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland will be obliged to pay the supplier obligation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

47225

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made by (a) the RIMNET network and (b) other bodies of the possibility that the sand fallout across the British Isles from the Sahara desert has been contaminated by long-lived radioactive fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted by France in the Algerian Sahara in the 1960s.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	195416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network (RIMNET) is the UK Government's radiation monitoring and nuclear emergency response system which is operated on a 24 hour a day, seven days a week basis by the Met Office, on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Data from RIMNET has been inspected and shows no evidence of increased levels of radioactivity across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes a programme of far-field monitoring, away from nuclear sites, of radioactivity in air and rainwater. This programme involves constantly sampling air through filters in High Volume Air Samplers. Filters are changed on a weekly basis and subsequently analysed. Past Saharan dust events have not caused any detectable increase in radioactivity on the filters. Results for the changed filters on 31st March and 7th April should be available in the next few days. The results will be published as consolidated data in the annual Radiation in Food and the Environment (RIFE) report which is published jointly by a number of UK and devolved agencies. Previous RIFE reports are available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.sepa.org.uk/radioactive_substances/publications/rife_reports.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.sepa.org.uk/radioactive_substances/publications/rife_reports.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

45016

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government plans to take to deliver the commitments on nuclear security contained in paragraph 27 of the Hague Nuclear Security Summit Communiqué held in the Hague on 24 and 25 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	193687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>Safety and security are top priorities for the Government and there is a robust security framework in place for the civil nuclear industry. We seek continuous improvement in line with internationally established principles. The UK has a strong and effective independent regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), which ensures compliance with the requirements placed on duty holders by the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003 (as amended) and the performance-based National Objectives, Requirements and Model Standards (NORMS). There is extensive engagement between the Government, ONR and duty holders. The full set of UK commitments made at the Nuclear Security Summit which go towards meeting paragraph 27 of the Summit's Communiquécan be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nss2014.com/sites/default/files/documents/140321_uk_national_statement_on_commitments.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nss2014.com/sites/default/files/documents/140321_uk_national_statement_on_commitments.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

45017

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government plans to take to deliver the commitments on nuclear security contained in paragraph 21 of the Hague Nuclear Security Summit Communiqué of the Nuclear Security Summit held in the Hague on 24 and 25 March 2014 to keep the national stockpile of separated plutonium to the minimum level.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	193688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has published strategies for the management of spent Magnox and Oxide fuel; it is from these spent fuels that plutonium is separated. These strategies are aligned with UK Government policy and their implementation is expected to see cessation of reprocessing in Magnox and THORP facilities during this decade.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to Magnox fuel, the intent is to reprocess all of it. Only a finite amount of Magnox fuel remains, which limits the amount of further separated plutonium that could be produced from reprocessing. Reprocessing is the only approved process for managing this metal fuel.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to Oxide Fuel management, an NDA paper sets out the strategy which is to complete the reprocessing contracts in THORP, as far as is reasonably practicable, and place the remaining fuel and any future arisings into interim storage pending disposal. The paper can be found at <a title="http://www.nda.gov.uk/documents/upload/Oxide-Fuels-Preferred-Options-June-2012.pdf" href="http://www.nda.gov.uk/documents/upload/Oxide-Fuels-Preferred-Options-June-2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nda.gov.uk/documents/upload/Oxide-Fuels-Preferred-Options-June-2012.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Both these strategies see the amount of plutonium separated in the future being limited in line with national requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn