Defence: Costs

(asked on 8th September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) original and (b) current cost expectations for the AURORA programme.


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Ben Wallace
This question was answered on 22nd September 2022

Project AURORA, the replacement plutonium manufacturing capability at the Atomic Weapons Establishment is beginning its Initial Assessment phase. An Accounting Officer Assessment is currently being conducted by the Ministry of Defence in support of this, and the cost estimates for this phase of the project will be published once this assessment has been completed.

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