§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the proportion by volume of low-level nuclear waste produced each year by reprocessing of British nuclear waste and by imported nuclear waste and his estimate of the amount by volume of low-level waste when the THORP is completed.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[pursuant to his reply, 19 May 1986]: Approximately 5 per cent. by volume of the current and anticipated waste arising from reprocessing Magnox fuel originates from reprocessing fuel from overseas.
Approximately 75 per cent. by volume of the estimated volumes of THORP wastes will arise from the reprocessing of overseas fuel.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the difference between the radiological risks of storing nuclear waste on nuclear power station sites and those for early disposal in nuclear dumps.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[pursuant to his reply, 19 May 1986]: I refer the hon. Member to table 9, of the report on "Assessment of best practicable environmental options for management of low and intermediate level solid radioactive wastes", HMSO 1986 which sets out the impact of early disposal, and table 10, which summarises the impact of long-term storage at nuclear sites.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of the letters protesting at the inclusion of Killingholme in the special development order on nuclear dumping he replied to before publishing it.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[pursuant to his reply, 19 May 1986]: Thirty-five. In addition, my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and I responded to a number of letters requesting meetings with deputations by agreeing to such meetings.