HC Deb 18 January 1994 vol 235 c566W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has with regard to the disposal of radioactive waste at Lumms lane, Agecroft in Greater Manchester.

Mr. Atkins

The only company currently authorised under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960—now 1993 —to dispose of low-level radioactive waste at Lumms lane is Magnesium Elektron Ltd.—MEL—which is authorised to dispose of solid waste to the on-site landfill, liquid waste to the River Irwell and gaseous waste to the atmosphere. Environmental monitoring data are collected from around MEL's landfill site as part of Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution's national environmental monitoring programme. I will arrange for a copy of the annual report of this programme to be made available in the Library of the House.

Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 11 January,Official Report, column 6, what deadline has been set for the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee to reply on nuclear waste substitution.

Mr. Atkins

No deadline has been set for the committee's advice.