§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he intends (a) to study and (b) to produce a report on the effects on local trade, industry, property values, and public morale of the possibility of a nuclear waste repository being sited in a particular area as part of the examinations he has recently set in hand.
§ Mr. WaldegraveMy Department commissioned research on social and socio-economic impacts of generic disposal facilities for radioactive waste as part of the study of best practicable environmental options for radioactive waste management. The report of this research is available through the National Lending Library (DOE/RW/85–182). An independent assessment of such impacts, related specifically to development of new facilities by NIREX, is also being commissioned by the Department.