Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Calum Macdonald (Labour), on Wednesday, 12 June 1996, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 52 members in total.
AUSTRALIAN SHIPMENT TO DOUNREAY
That this House deplores the arrival at Dounreay of a shipment of weapons-grade spent nuclear fuel from Australia for reprocessing; notes that reprocessing increases the volume of nuclear waste 85 fold; believes that such reprocessing is a nuclear proliferation risk, environmentally undesirable, provides no long term economic benefit for Caithness, and is detrimental to key Highland industries including agriculture, tourism and fisheries; urges Her Majesty's Government to invest in Dounreay to develop instead local skills and expertise for non-nuclear work such as renewable energy; and calls for a halt to the importation of spent nuclear fuel for commercial reprocessing at Dounreay.
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- Early day motion
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- 989
- Session
- 1995-96
- Subjects
- Australia Nuclear fuel reprocessing Dounreay
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