HC Deb 11 January 1994 vol 235 c188W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will set out the proposed management strategy for the radioactive waste that will be stored at Sellafield following retention in the enhanced actinise removal plant, as referred to in paragraph 6 of his decision document on THORP, published on 15 December.

Mr. Eggar

I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 18 February 1993,Official Report, column 319.

Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what reliability calculations his Department had conducted, or contracted to consultants, to evaluate the safety of the high level radioactive waste storage tanks at Sellafield using the EC computer program PC Cosyma.

Mr. Eggar

This is a matter for British Nuclear Fuels plc, subject to the Health and Safety Executive's nuclear installations inspectorate's views as to safety.

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