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STATE FOR ISN/WMDT ARYN WEINBERG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM AORC PTER UK
SUBJECT: HMG SEES NO PROBLEM WITH PROVIDING ASSURANCES 
REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF URANIUM IN SUPPORT OF A NUCLEAR 
FORENSICS EXERCISE 
 
REF: SECSTATE 76104 
 
¶1. (SBU) In response to reftel request, Robin Shackell at the 
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told ESTHOff on July 29 
he sees "no problem" with providing HMG assurances regarding 
the transfer of uranium to a UK Atomic Weapons Establishment 
(AWE) facility in support of a nuclear forensics exercise. 
He added this is a world-wide exercise and this type of 
request is routine.  Shackell noted he is coordinating with 
the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment and the Department of 
Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to complete this request and 
expects to have the information necessary to report back to 
ESTHOff the week of August 3-7. 
 
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