Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 26 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 28 October 2009. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Monday, 2 November 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Nuclear Weapons: Safety

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) names, (b) dates and (c) locations are of the nuclear weapons emergency exercises being organised by his Department in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010.

Answer

The names, dates and locations of the nuclear weapon emergency exercises in 2009 and 2010 are:

Exercise	Date	Location
Sitex (B) 09	22 October 2009	AWE Burghfield.
Bowline 09	25 November 2009	Royal Naval Armament Depot Coulport.
Astral Bend 10	12 and 13 May 2010	Sculthorpe Training Ground, Norfolk and RAF Mildenhall.
Bronze Endeavour 10	9 to 11 March 2010	Buckley Barracks, Hullavington Airfield, Wiltshire.

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