HC Deb 23 January 1997 vol 288 cc679-80W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment his Department has made of Nirex's report of February 1994 on expected radionuclide return times. [12203]

Mr. Gummer

None. The Environment Agency will shortly be consulting publicly on the terms of an agreement, which it is minded to enter into with Nirex, setting out the basis on which the agency will assess and make public information provided by Nirex in advance of a formal application for authorisation to dispose of radioactive waste at whatever site is selected by Nirex.

Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment his Department has made of Nirex's model of radionuclide return routes. [12202]

Mr. Gummer

Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution undertook assessment studies based principally on the "Post-Closure Preliminary Assessment" which Nirex provided in November 1992. Reports of these assessment studies were placed in the Library of the House in November 1995.