§ Mr. Liew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has received from non-governmental organisations this year on environmental risks of(a) nuclear facility decommissioning and (b) the storage and processing of high-level radioactive waste.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe Department received a copy of a report. "Consequence Analysis of a Catastrophic Failure of Highly Active Waste Tanks Serving THORP and Magnox Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plants at Sellafield", by Mr. Peter Taylor. The report was passed to the Health and Safety Executive, which regulates radioactive waste storage arrangements at nuclear licensed sites.