Funding the clearance of depleted uranium penetrators

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Dear Ministry of Defence,

Please can you provide the following information:

1) Details of arrangements that have been made between the MoD and MineTech International to facilitate the remediation and clean up of depleted uranium in Iraq.

2) Number of DU rounds collected and disposed of by MineTech in its work in Iraq.

3) The method of DU round disposal.

4) The locations from which these DU rounds were collected from, and the date of remediation work.

5) What is the total that has been spent on funding contractors to facilitate the remediation and clean-up of depleted uranium in Iraq.

6) The names of any other contractors employed by the MoD that have facilitate the remediation and clean-up of depleted uranium in Iraq.

Yours faithfully,

Aneaka Kellay

Sec Pol Ops-DU BM2 (Skerritt, Simon C2),

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Dear Mrs Kellay,

 

PSA response to your Freedom of Information request.

 

Regards

 

Security Policy and Operations

Ministry of Defence

Whitehall

London

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