HC Deb 11 May 2001 vol 368 c386W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if he will extend the consultation period for the reassessment of the BNFL economic case for the Sellafield MOX plant beyond 7 June; [161118]

(2) if he will set out the criteria used to select Arthur D. Little Ltd. as the consultant for the evaluation of the most recent BNFL economic case for operating its Sellafield MOX plant; which other consultants were considered; from which departmental budget the consultants will be paid; and what (a) BNFL and (b) other documentation relevant to the assessment and held by official bodies he has made available to the consultants. [161122]

Mr. Meacher

I will write to my hon. Friend.

Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions on how many occasions external radioactivity has been measured as above permissible limits on flasks and rail transporter wagons carrying spent nuclear fuel to Sellafield since April 1998; and what measures are in place to minimise the sweating of radioactivity from nuclear transport flasks. [161121]

Mr. Hill

I will write to my hon. Friend.