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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill (First sitting)

"Q Thank you for coming here this morning, Dr Golshan. I understand that the ONR currently has the responsibility for safety and security at the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. I am keen to understand how the relationship would work with safeguards.

Dr Golshan: May I start by saying that we …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill (First sitting)

"Q Assuming that the Bill goes ahead as written, what will be possible on day one and what will not be possible, and how will that impact on our 17 nuclear sites? I ask with specific regard to my constituency of Copeland, which has Sellafield, the low level waste …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill (First sitting)

"Q In terms of moving fissile material, exchange of knowledge and those kinds of practical aspects of work that need to happen?

Dr Golshan: There is a nuclear co-operation agreement and there are a number of states that, as a matter of policy, will not engage with a third …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill (First sitting)

"Q I just wonder about the benefits of the transition period, once we have gone through this stage, to enable those bilateral agreements—the 123 agreement and others—with the States and the many other countries outwith the European Union that we work with daily. How necessary is that and how …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill (First sitting)

"Q With regard to the ownership of fissile material, I understand that Euratom actually owns the plutonium at Sellafield. Therefore is it not in the European Union’s interests to be co-operative, because would it really want that material sent back to it?

Rupert Cowan: Not necessarily.

Jonathan Leech: There …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill (First sitting)

"Q Because it would be practically impossible to do so?

Jonathan Leech: It is the UK’s responsibility...."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill (First sitting)

"Q Who owns it?

Jonathan Leech: Ownership will transfer to the UK on exit from Euratom...."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill (First sitting)

"Q But who currently owns the material?

Jonathan Leech: I think technically that material belongs to Euratom at the moment...."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill (First sitting)

"Q That is certainly my understanding: that Euratom owns all of the fissile material in the UK in the civil nuclear industry.

Rupert Cowan: That is the effect of the treaty...."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill (First sitting)

"Q Rupert, you mentioned interruptions to the industry. Could you be more specific? What interruptions? What needs to happen to avoid those interruptions? What are the consequences?

Rupert Cowan: It is difficult to answer that question and remain entirely within the Bill, so I expect that James Gray will …..."

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