HC Deb 19 November 1991 vol 199 cc102-4W
Mr. Robert G. Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will be meeting members of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee.

Mr. Trippier

I am meeting members of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee today following the inaugural meeting of the reconstituted committee. I have asked members of the new committee to look at the three particular subjects. First, I have asked them to review the radioactive waste disposal issues which are likely to arise over the next 20 years. Secondly, I have asked them to review the overall national radiation monitoring programme following the installation of phase 2 of the radioactive incident monitoring network and to make recommendations. Thirdly, I have asked them to consider and advise on the extent and nature of the Department's radioactive substances research pro-gramme.

The members of the reconstituted committee are:

Members of the reconstituted RWMAC Chairman: Professor John Knill—Chairman of NERC

  • *Dr. Jack I. Abernethy-Member of the Institute of Professional Managers and Specialists (BNFL)
  • *Professor Kathleen J. Anderson OBE-Depute Principal, Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh, Biologist
  • Dr. Helen ApSimon—Imperial College, Senior Lecturer-Atmospheric Modelling
  • Professor Andrew Blowers—Professor of Social Services, Open University
  • *Professor Keith Boddy OBE—Head of Regional Medical Physics Department, Newcastle General Hospital, Northern Region Health Authority
  • Professor Charles Brown—Heriot-Watt University (Marine Biologist)
  • Mr. Wilf Cassidy—Scientific Advisor and County Analyst Somerset CC
  • Dr. Roger H. Clarke—Director, National Radiological Protection Board
  • Dr. Martin Courtis—Director of Environmental Services Environmental Health, Carlisle DC
  • *Professor H. John Evans—Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit at Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
  • *Dr. Ron H. Flowers—Chief Technologist (Nuclear), AEA Technology
  • Mr. Michael Folger—Managing Director, UK Nirex Ltd
  • Dr. Eleanor James-Lecturer Mathematics, University of Aberystwyth, Member of Executive Committee of the Council for the Protection of Rural Wales

South Western Region1 Discounted value of all sales (£ '000)
Local authority 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
Bath 2,491 2,197 1,769 2,013 1,835 1,416 2,359 4,993 7,430 3,177 1,888
Bristol 0 14,263 19,236 11,870 12,537 9,339 9,307 13,229 23,430 25,019 11,579
Kingswood 316 4,155 4,847 2,093 1,658 1,389 1,264 2,487 5,591 2,955 1,069
Northavon 1,906 2,538 3,699 3,039 2,315 1,395 1,931 2,379 6,558 n/a 1,922
Wansdyke 3,359 3,066 2,317 1,581 1,685 1,633 2,335 3,336 6,651 3,019 1,063
Woodspring 335 6,520 n/a 6,358 4,625 n/a 5,325 5,553 10,268 7,983 3,914
Caradon 0 985 2,052 1,462 1,657 1,125 1,468 1,823 4,978 n/a n/a
Carrick 894 2,445 1,722 673 n/a 1,510 n/a n/a 2,945 n/a 1,378
Kerrier 0 2,456 1,072 850 770 730 663 829 2,098 1,370 653
North Cornwall 0 1,926 2,118 1,946 1,564 1,154 1,271 1,621 4,788 4,613 1,816
Penwith 838 848 1,172 1,355 815 824 n/a 1,621 2,678 2,686 852
Restormel 45 2,429 1,889 1,382 1,056 933 1,227 1,657 4,066 1,533 937
Isles of Scilly 0 0 60 60 16 35 27 143 77 n/a 32
East Devon 1,519 1,285 1,843 3,154 2,268 1,742 2,181 4,181 6,316 3,748 1,585
Exeter 1,133 1,958 2,340 2,520 2,294 2,635 n/a n/a n/a 5,075 1,834
Mid Devon 0 1,685 3,444 2,124 1,675 1,304 1,894 3,363 4,290 1,857 1,083
North Devon 0 2,369 3,409 1,800 n/a n/a 1,789 2,521 4,396 2,750 1,180
Plymouth 5,296 5,539 9,420 8,021 4,763 n/a 6,309 7,612 15,991 19,310 7,426
South Hams 732 1,380 2,030 1,840 1,765 1,981 1,468 2,236 3,181 3,294 1,443
Teignbridge n/a 2,632 2,359 1,922 1,780 2,252 2,055 2,424 7,265 5,362 1,406
Torbay 622 915 1,360 1,948 2,154 1,983 2,320 n/a 11,619 4,713 1,692
Torridge 18 2,776 1,245 928 723 677 1,052 1,481 2,924 1,596 775
West Devon 860 1,244 1,031 1,272 1,220 1,091 846 n/a 2,010 1,524 n/a
Bournemouth 1,088 3,199 2,870 5,599 3,861 3,060 3,959 5,214 9,340 5,311 2,730
Christchurch 768 960 902 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,422 n/a 1,144 n/a
East Dorset 865 924 1,091 n/a 1,602 1,252 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
North Dorset 597 1,386 1,912 1,441 1,379 1,309 1,374 2,571 3,646 2,335 1,181
Poole 1,087 963 4,217 5,790 4,484 3,195 4,113 n/a 6,241 8,937 2,583
Purbeck 844 1,583 1,182 1,237 1,650 908 1,236 1,382 2,768 3,250 n/a
West Dorset 10 2,469 3,933 2,623 2,390 2,566 4,691 3,166 5,462 2,950 1,839
Weymouth and Portland 789 1,401 2,590 6,317 2,014 1,326 1,992 2,711 3,910 2,803 898
Cheltenham 1,197 3,672 3,394 2,905 1,161 1,793 1,684 2,777 7,441 4,709 1,820
Cotswold 0 3,318 3,566 2,018 1,904 1,489 1,549 2,235 3,371 1,853 1,589
Forest of Dean 0 n/a 2,901 1,831 1,617 1,218 1,279 2,276 5,526 1,961 929
Gloucester 942 2,533 2,805 1,744 1,661 1,207 1,841 3,125 4,436 n/a 1,573
Stroud 1,527 2,666 3,232 2,491 2,129 2,046 2,643 2,116 5,702 4,594 1,425
Tewkesbury 454 4,241 2,536 1,768 1,191 1,026 1,024 2,057 3,682 2,046 1,234
Mendip 1,601 3,287 2,392 2,587 2,587 2,823 3,489 3,614 7,797 n/a 1,999
Sedgemoor 1,260 3,805 4,253 2,552 1,486 2,140 2,434 3,610 4,770 4,965 2,272
South Somerset 1,829 2,872 3,237 2,882 3,193 2,588 3,521 6,016 12,007 6,321 3,337
  • *Professor Gilbert Kelling—Professor of Geology and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Keele
  • Miss Angela M. Killick—Chairman, Hampstead District Health Authority
  • Dr. John McKeown—Director of Safety, Scottish Nuclear Mr. George J. Medley OBE-Director World Wide Fund for Nature UK
  • Dr. Les A. Mitchell Director of Technology, Nuclear Electric PLC
  • *Dr. William L. Wilkinson CBE—Deputy Chief Executive, BNFL
  • *Professor David R. Williams—Professor of Applied Chemistry, University of Wales

Those names marked with an asterisk are members who have previously served on RWMAC.