HC Deb 22 October 1991 vol 196 c486W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the United Kingdom sites authorised to discharge liquid radioactive waste into drainage systems which may include public sewers; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Baldry

I will write to the hon. Member.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for The Environment how much is being spent in the current financial year on research into the safe disposal of nuclear waste by(a) Nirex and (b) each of the other member nations of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Mr. Baldry

I am informed that UK Nirex Ltd plan to spend about £40 million in the 1991–92 financial year on geological investigations and other safety related research. The separate information requested for each member nation of the International Atomic Energy Agency is not readily available.