§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what calculation he has made of the volumes of low level and intermediate level radioactive wastes that will be stockpiled in the United Kingdom by 2010. [35755]
§ Angela EagleAt 2010, the volume of committed intermediate-level radioactive waste from all sources and when conditioned is estimated to be 136,457m3
No estimates are available for the low-level radioactive waste (LLW) in store at 2010. The vast majority of LLW is routinely disposed of and no projections have been made of the small amounts of LLW that are unsuitable for disposal using the current disposal routes.
The total volume of radioactive waste of all types, from all sources, including those in store on 1 April 1994 and those predicted to arise thereafter can be found in The 1994 United Kingdom Radioactive Waste Inventory. A copy of the summary called Radioactive Waste Arisings in the UK—A Summary is in the Library of the House. The next inventory—for 1998—will be published in 1999.