Written question asked by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) on Tuesday, 15 December 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 December 2015. It was answered by Michael Fallon (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 December 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
AWE
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 2 July 2014, Official Report, column 676W on AWE, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) anticipated out-turn cost and (b) projected in-service date of each of the new build projects in the Atomic Weapons Establishment Site Development Context Plan.
- Answer
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The approved costs and in-service dates of the current new build projects at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, are shown below.
In-service dates are shown in bandings to avoid prejudice to national security and defence. No costs are attributed to projects detailed in Table 2 as these have yet to be formally approved.
Table 1 - Approved new-build projects
Ongoing projects
Function
In-Service Period
Approved cost £million
Warhead assembly/disassembly â Mensa
Manufacturing/production
2016-20
734
Uranium components â Pegasus
Manufacturing/production
2016-20
634
Table 2 â Planned projects not yet approved
Ongoing projects
Function
In-Service Period
Salts Processing - Octans
Testing/research
2020-25
Initiator system manufacture-Taurus
Manufacturing/production
2020-25
Large Scale formulations-Scorpius
Manufacturing/production
2025-30
Small Scale formulations-Cepheus
Manufacturing/production
2025-30
New Plutonium (Pu) Facility â not yet named
Manufacturing/production
2025-30
New depleted Uranium Facility
Manufacturing/production
2025-30
Assembly for Trials-Columba
Testing/research
2025-30
High Explosive Climatic Trials
Testing/research
2025-30
Non-Metallics & materials R&D-Libra
Testing/research
2025-30
Chemical processing-Astra
Manufacturing/production
2025-30
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