Jamie Doward - The Observer, Sunday 2 October 2011 Secret MoD report reveals £750m bill for enriched uranium plant as Liam Fox announces axing of 1,100 navy personnel
Government spending on Britain's nuclear weapons programme is defying the swingeing budget cuts being experienced across Whitehall.
As the Ministry of Defence cuts frontline positions in the military, a previously confidential report reveals that the taxpayer is committed to paying almost £750m for the construction of a new enriched-uranium facility at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Berkshire.
The 32-page MoD report, Defence Equipment & Support … UK Enriched Uranium (EU) Capability Investment Appraisal, spells out the taxpayer's commitment to funding Project Pegasus, which will replace the enriched-uranium facility built at the site in the 1950s.
The report, marked "Secret UK Eyes Only", was published in heavily redacted form earlier this year following freedom of information requests. The Information Commissioner recently ruled that the redaction, hiding the full £747m investment cost of the project, should now be made public.
Another example of Government's Nuclear Weapons addiction ! This kind of nonsense should be blocked !Ak Malten, Pro Peaceful Energy Use
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