Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to scale up the production of americium from used nuclear reactor fuel.

The Department is supporting the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL)’s work to extract americium from the UK’s civil separated plutonium inventory at Sellafield for the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) ENDURE Programme.

Discussions are taking place with industry, public bodies and wider government prior to any decision making beyond current commitments.