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Three: Burden Of Proof
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CHILWELL
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 The purpose of this particular session is to examine, at somewhat short notice, the consequences, if any, of the takeover of International Irradiated Fuels Limited, by the Fusion Corporation of Kansas. For obvious reasons, this will be a closed session.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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CHILWELL
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So, we will begin with our first witness Mr Robert Bennett. The managing director of International Irradiated Fuels Limited.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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CHILWELL
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Mr Bennett, you're the Operations Director of International Irradiated Fuels. Perhaps you can give us some idea of the philosophy behind the company?
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Four: Breakthrough
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CHILWELL
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Who else knows about this, besides you?
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Four: Breakthrough
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CHILWELL
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Well, who's he when he's at home?
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Four: Breakthrough
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CHILWELL
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Well, we can't expect to call him to give evidence.
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Four: Breakthrough
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CHILWELL
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How did he get involved?
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Four: Breakthrough
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CHILWELL
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Did she survive?
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Four: Breakthrough
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CHILWELL
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Yes, I remember. I read about it. Well, you'd better have him called.
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Four: Breakthrough
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CHILWELL
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Doctor Menzies, you were the pathologist who examined the body. What was the cause of death?
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Four: Breakthrough
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CHILWELL
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Are you able to confirm the source of the radiation?
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Four: Breakthrough
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CHILWELL
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What does that mean exactly?
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Four: Breakthrough
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CHILWELL
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And where would you find that?
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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I'm the chairman of this committee, old boy, and I have to tell you we have a great deal of business to get through.
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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There is one. It's on its way.
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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A few days ago, Mr Bennett, the body of a young woman was discovered in the Corrie Reservoir. The pathologist's report suggests that, although she died from drowning, she had suffered a radiation accident only an hour before her death. Now, since your Northmoor site is the nearest nuclear site to the reservoir, and since it shares with the Corrie the local water table, I wonder whether you have any evidence which might throw light on this occurrence?
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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What action?
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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Was there no alternative?
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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Mr Harcourt, it says here that you're on a secondment from Lloyds and are at present attached to the Cabinet Office.
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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Perhaps you could tell the committee exactly what your present function is.
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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And what was your reaction?
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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So what, on reflection, made this company so interesting to the Fusion Corporation?
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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The Marsh Report, if I remember correctly, discounted Northmoor. It believed that Sellafield was responsible for the emissions.
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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I must ask you, Mr Harcourt, do you have any prima facie evidence, apart from the body in the Corrie Reservoir, which suggests the existence of any kind of illegal reprocessing at Northmoor?
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Five: Northmoor
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CHILWELL
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I'm afraid, Mr Harcourt, we really can't take all this on board without it. You may be perfectly right, but as long as the evidence remains purely circumstantial, I regret we cannot act upon it. However, your views will be noted.
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Six: Fusion
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CHILWELL
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This business at Northmoor.
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Six: Fusion
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CHILWELL
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The minister wants to know whether you sanctioned the operation.
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