HC Deb 26 November 1990 vol 181 c263W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the report which he received several months ago concerning the management and disposal of radioactive spent nuclear fuel.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Two reports have been produced over the last three years concerning the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel. These are DOE RW87/125 entitled "Magnox fuel dry storage and direct disposal", and DOE RW89/089 entitled "Packaging, storage and direct disposal of spent AGR fuel". Both reports are available from the National Lending Library.

Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he received the official advice that spent fuel from nuclear reactors would be better put into long-term dry storage then sent for reprocessing; and what account he took of the advice.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

I have received no such advice.

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