Written question asked by Paul Flynn (Labour) on Monday, 19 November 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 November 2012. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Wednesday, 28 November 2012 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
USA
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many experiments the Atomic Weapons Establishment has participated in using the Z Pulsed Power Facility at Sandia National Laboratories in each year since 2007;
[129172]
- Answer
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Officials from the Ministry of Defence and personnel from the Atomic Weapons Establishment work closely with their US counterparts on a range of nuclear matters under the auspices of the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement. This includes participation in experiments at the Nevada Test Site, and at the Los Alamos, Sandia and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.
I am withholding further details of this work in the interests of safeguarding national security.
Secondary information
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- Reference
- 129172; 554 cc354-5W
- Session
- 2012-13
- Subjects
- AWE X-rays USA
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