§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Leyton (Mr. Cohen),Official Report, 8 February, column 782, any high level waste as a constituent component of spent nuclear fuel has been transported by train since 1979.
§ Mr. PortilloAll irradiated nuclear fuel contains a small non-reusable component. This does not arise as waste until after the fuel has been reprocessed.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Leyton (Mr.610W Cohen), Official Report, 8 February, column 782, what is the basis of his calculation of the date 2005 as the definitive year before which there are no plans to transport nuclear waste through London.
§ Mr. PortilloUK Nirex Limited is planning to develop a deep repository for the disposal of low and intermediate-level radioactive wastes and is also developing the necessary transport system. Nirex aims to start disposing of wastes in the year 2005.