§ Mr. CarmichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) pursuant to her answer of 11 February,Official Report, column 664W, on nuclear fuel reprocessing, if she will list the different radioactive materials that make up (a) the low level waste, (b) the intermediate level waste and (c) the high level waste; [101437]
(2) pursuant to her answer of 11 February 2003, Official Report, column 664W, on nuclear fuel reprocessing, what radioactive materials make up (a) the 28,000 cubic metres low level waste, (b) the 14,000 cubic metres intermediate level waste and (c) the 480 cubic metres high level waste. [102503]
§ Mr. MeacherThe waste from nuclear fuel reprocessing contains a variety of radioactively contaminated material, such as
Low level waste: stainless steel containers, steel flasks, sheet steel, paper, wood and plastic;Intermediate level waste: plutonium contaminated plastic or metal, stainless steel fuel cladding, scrap metal or plastic, barium carbonate, graphite, insoluble fission products, ion exchange material, sand, floc from effluent treatment and sludge from ponds;High level waste: fission products and trace actinides.