HC Deb 18 October 1993 vol 230 c153W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what information he has received from British Nuclear Fuels in regard to(a) the volume of radioactive waste that will be created from facility contamination and (b) the proposed disposal strategy for the decommissioning waste arising as a result of provisional commissioning of the thermal oxide reprocessing plant with uranium nitrate feedstock, in the event that consent for fuel commissioning of THORP is not subsequently granted.

Mr. Eggar

This is a matter for British Nuclear Fuels plc and Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution, acting jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make it his policy to assist the European Commission in its preparation of its reports on(a) re-evaluation of the requirements for reprocessing and (b) the preparation of an inventory of nuclear waste holdings in each member state of the European Community.

Mr. Eggar

My Department has received no such request for assistance from the European Commission.