HC Deb 18 May 1988 vol 133 c512W
Mr. Gordon Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what alternative sites have been investigated for the storage of intermediate nuclear waste arising from nuclear submarine refits at Rosyth dockyard.

Mr. Sainsbury

The Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive is investigating suitable sites for deep disposal of low level and intermediate level radioactive waste. Until a Nirex site is developed and operational the Ministry of Defence must make its own arrangements to store its intermediate level waste. In common with the civil nuclear industry, our practice is to locate the temporary stores in the areas in which the waste originates. Six such sites within the area of the Rosyth naval base and dockyard were investigated.

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