§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the secretary of State for Energy if he will state the destinations, excluding sea dumping, of the intermediate radioactive wastes that have been transported from nuclear plants, if he will provide a 206W list of all registered sources of nuclear activity in the United Kingdom from which such shipments have been made; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GoodladMost intermediate level waste is stored on the sites where it arises, pending the availability of disposal facilities. However, some ILWs have been transported from nuclear licensed sites to Harwell and Sellafield for storage, and small volumes of ILW have also been disposed of at Drigg in accordance with the terms of the authorisation under the Radioactive Substances Act, 1960.
A complete list of all sources in the United Kingdom from which shipments of ILW have been made would have to include nuclear power stations, other nuclear installations, hospitals, laboratories, and industrial users.