§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list those landfill sites which are unlined and permitted to receive low-level radioactive waste. [16453]
§ Angela EagleThe Environment Agency advise that disposal of low-level radioactive waste is authorized under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 at the following sites in England and Wales:
Landfill site Operator and location Engineered containment status Arpley Quarry 3C Waste Ltd., Arpley, Warrington Engineered containment Lamby Way Cardiff County Council Clay based engineered containment Milton Landfill Milton Cambridgeshire Clay based engineered containment Cowpen Bewley ICI Ltd., Billingham, Cleveland No engineered containment Clifton Marsh Lancashire Waste Services, Preston Lancashire Current phase unlined, next phase will include an engineered containment Stanford Quarry Oxfordshire County Council, Stanford in the Vale No engineered containment Beighton Tip Sheffield Waste Disposal Authority No engineered containment, closure early 1998 Asham Quarry East Sussex County Council, Beddingham, East Sussex Opened 1979, old phases unlined. From 1995, fully engineered lining for new phase Hilts Quarry Rolls Royce Ltd., Crich, Derbyshire No engineered containment Magnesium Elektron Swinton Magnesium Elektron, Swinton, Greater Manchester No engineered containment Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd. Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Grimsby, Humberside No engineered containment Cilgwyn Quarry Cwmni Gwastraf Mon Arfon cyf, Caernorfon, Gwynedd No engineered containment The Scottish Environment Protection Agency advise that disposal of low radioactive waste is authorized under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 at the following sites in Scotland:
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Landfill Site Operator and location Engineered containment status Black Devon Operated by local authority, Clackmannanshire Unlined Balbarton Operated by local authority, Fife Unlined Braehead Quarry Operated by local authority, Edinburgh Unlined Riveside Operated by local authority, Dundee Unlined
Landfill Site Operator and location Engineered containment status Kilgarth Operated by local authority, North Lanarkshire Unlined Dalmacouter Operated by local authority, North Lanarkshire Unlined Ness Farm Operated by local authority, Aberdeen Unlined Longman Operated by local authority, Inverness Unlined Lower Polmaise Operated by local authority, Stirling Unengineered natural clay lining Lower Polmaise Operated by local authority, Stirling Unengineered natural clay lining Melville Wood Operated by local authority, Fife Current disposals to lined area—engineered natural clay lining with bentonite (cement slurry) wall. Historic disposals to unlined area Summerston Operated by local authority, Glasgow Natural clay and geotextile lining The Environment and Heritage Service advise that disposal of low radioactive waste is authorized under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 at the following sites in Northern Ireland.
Landfill site Operator and location Engineered containment status Dargan Road Belfast City Council Lined Culmore Point Derry City Council Unlined Letterloan Coleraine Borough Council Unlined Mayboy Road Coleraine Borough Council Unlined The radiological impact of disposals to these landfill sites are assessed by the Environment Agencies and the Environment and Heritage Service when determining applications for authorisation.