§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the findings of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's report on the timetable for opening an underground store at Sellafield.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 17 May 1993]: The timetable for establishing a deep disposal facility for low and intermediate level radioactive waste is a matter for Nirex.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to delay any decisions on THORP until the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee has completed its review of radioactive waste disposal; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 17 May 1993]: A decision about THORP will be taken by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as soon as the necessary procedures have been completed.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the implications of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's report for storage of low and medium-level waste from(a) Magnox nuclear reactors and (b) the proposed THORP reprocessing plant at Sellafield.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 17 May 1993]: Low-level radioactive waste is, and will continue to be, disposed of at British Nuclear Fuels' site at Drigg. Intermediate level radioactive waste will be stored until it can be disposed of in Nirex's deep disposal facility.