HC Deb 12 March 1991 vol 187 cc431-2W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Newport, West of 4 March,Official Report, column 17, whether the conditioned wastes to which he makes reference include both low and intermediate-level radioactive wastes arising from reprocessing foreign spent fuel.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The conditioned waste referred to in my reply to the hon. Member comprises high, intermediate and low-level waste. As I indicated, it is planned to return all high-level waste as soon as practicable after vitrification. In respect of some of the less radioactive wastes, however, there may be other options worthy of study—for example, whether it would be sensible to substitute an equivalent quantity, in radiological terms, of higher-level wastes.