§ Mr. Frank CookTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information has been provided by(a) British Nuclear Fuels Ltd., (b) the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, (c) the Central Electricity Generating Board and (d) the South of Scotland Electricity Board to the European Commission under article 37 of the Euratom treaty on nuclear waste disposal since May 1979; and if he will list by date all submissions made by each of the nuclear facility operators to Euratom under article 37 of the Euratom treaty since each organisation has had a requirement to make available such data.
§ Mrs. RoeUnder article 37 of the Euratom treaty, responsibility for making submissions to the European Commission concerning plans for the disposal of radioactive waste rests with Her Majesty's Government, not the operators of nuclear installations.
The information, which is supplied by the Department of the Environment on behalf of the nuclear site operators to the Commission under article 37 of the Euratom treaty, conforms to the regulations laid down by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Community dated 29 March 1982 (ref. No. L 83/15), a copy of which will be 462W placed in the House of Commons Library. The following submissions have been made to the Commission since May 1979:
Date (a) British Nuclear Fuels plc: Capenhurst—Uranium Enrichment Plants May 1981 Sellafield—Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant June 1984 (b) United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Dounreay—PFR Fuel Reprocessing Plant November 1979 (c) Central Electricity Generating Board Heysham 1—Nuclear Power Station May 1980 Heysham 2—Nuclear Power Station January 1986 Sizewell "B"—Nuclear Power Station November 1987 (d) South of Scotland Electricity Board Torness Power Station February 1986 Submissions made Prior to May 1979 under Article 37 are as follows:
Date Central Electricity Generating Board Hinkley Point "B" Power Station 1974 Dungeness "B" Power Station 1976 Hartlepool Power Station 1978 South of Scotland Electricity Board Hunterston "B" Power Station 1974