Radioactive Materials: USA

(asked on 22nd March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their contingency plan in the event that the United States Senate does not ratify by treaty a new Nuclear Cooperation Agreement by the end of 2020, following the UK's exit from Euratom.


Answered by
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Lord Henley
This question was answered on 9th April 2018

The US has a legal requirement for a nuclear cooperation agreement to be in place before civil nuclear trade with another country can be permitted. For this reason, the Government has prioritised discussions with the US, to ensure that a new bilateral agreement will be in place when Euratom’s agreements no longer apply to the UK. The strong links between US and UK on civil nuclear matters ensure that both parties are keen to progress this agreement to their mutual benefit. Significant progress has been made on the substance of the new agreement and it is on track to be presented to the UK Parliament and US Congress in the course of 2018 for ratification, ensuring that the agreement will be ready well before the end of 2020

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