HC Deb 17 June 2003 vol 407 c195W
Gregory Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list landfill sites which are(a) unlined and (b) permitted to receive low-level radioactive waste. [117533]

Mr. Morley

There are a total of 280 operational landfill sites which are unlined. Details of these sites have been placed in the Library of the House. They are

Landfill site Location Engineered containment status
Cowpen Bewley Billingham, Cleveland No engineered containment (unlined), excavated in clay
Hilts Quarry Crich, Derbyshire No engineered containment (unlined)
Magnesium Elektron Swinton Swinton, Greater Manchester No engineered containment (unlined)
Vickers Waste Ponds Walney Island, Cumbria No engineered containment (unlined)
Braziers Landfill Hertfordshire No engineered containment (unlined)