HC Deb 24 October 1979 vol 972 cc198-9W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the current membership of the radioactive waste management advisory committee, with a note on the particular expertise of each member.

Mr. Fox

The committee consists of 11 independent scientists, four members from the nuclear and electricity industries and three from the trades unions with members in those industries. The members are:

Chairman Sir Denys Wilkinson, FRS—vice chancellor of Sussex university (nuclear physics).

Independent Scientists

  • Prof K. W. Bagnall, DSc, FRIC, MSc.—professor of chemistry, Manchester university (inorganic chemistry).
  • Dr. S. H. U. Bowie, FRS, DSc, FEng, FRSE, FInst, FMSA—consultant, Huntings geology and geophysics (geology).
  • Sir Samuel Curran, DL, DSc, LLD, FRS—vice chancellor, University of Strathclyde (nuclear physics).
  • Mr. J. C. Duckworth, MA. FEng, FIEE, FInstP, FlnstF—chairman, IDJ Investment Services Limited and Spear and Jackson International Limited (physics and business management).
  • Prof B. Funnell, MA, PhD—professor of environmental sciences, University of East Anglia (marine geology).
  • Prof J. R. Greening, PhD, DSc, FInst, FRSE—professor of medical physics, Edinburgh university (health physics).
  • Dr. P. G. Harvey, BSc., PhD—ICI board member (chemistry).
  • Prof C. C. Rowley, BA, PhD—professor of economics, University of Newcastle (economics).
  • Dr. R. Scott Russell, CBE, DSc, PhD, FIBiol—former director, Agricultural Research Council, Letcombe laboratory (dietary radioactivity).
  • Prof J. J. Meurig Thomas, BSc., MA, PhD, DSc, FRIC, FRS—professor of physical chemistry, University of Cambridge (physical chemistry).

The nuclear and electricity industries

  • Dr. D. G. Avery, BSc, PhD, FInstP—deputy managing director, British Nuclear Fuels Limited.
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  • Mr. J. A. Jukes, CB, MA, BSc (Econ), FIHE—member of the Central Electricity Generating Board.
  • Dr. L. E. J. Roberts, MA, PhD, CBE—director, Harwell, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
  • Mr. D. R. Smith, MA, CEng—manager, technical department, thermal reactor division, Nuclear Power Company Ltd.

Trade unions in the nuclear and electricity Industries

  • Mr. P. N. Adams, national officer, Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union.
  • Mr. L. Lewis, CEng, MIEE—BNFL branch chairman of Institute of Professional Civil Servants.
  • Mr. R. B. Pepper, BSc, MInstP—member of the Electrical Power Engineers Association and principal health physicist CEGB.