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14 April 2000
FURTHER STEPS IN NUCLEAR OPENNESS
The Ministry of Defence has taken another step in nuclear openness
today with the publication of two reports. The first report is on an
historical review of UK plutonium production and the second is on
arms control verification.
The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) set unprecedented levels of
transparency across nuclear issues and committed the MOD to further
steps in the future. Today's publications are the latest examples of
implementation of the SDR.
The plutonium production review reveals a very creditable level of
accuracy across the fifty years of UK nuclear weapons programme and
matches comparable work by the US.
The Arms Control Verification study demonstrates our commitment to
work constructively in support of our goal of the global elimination
of nuclear weapons. This is an important first step and there is
much work still to be done which we will be pursuing.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
1. For further information, please contact Ben White or Helen Everton
at the Defence Press Office on 0171 218 7924/7931.
2. Copies of the two reports, together with their associated capping
papers, have been placed on the MOD's web-site and can be accessed at
http://www.mod.uk/policy/acsa
3. You can contact the MOD Press Office by e-mail at
press@dgics.mod.uk
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