To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the level of radioactive discharge from Glaxochem of Ulverston, British Nuclear Fuels Drigg site, Albright and Wilson and British Nuclear Fuels Sellafield to the sea along the coast of Cumbria, separately, in each year since 1980.
The information requested is as listed:
Drigg 3
| Sellafield 14
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Year
| Albright and Wilson 1
| Glaxochem 2
| Total Alpha
| Total Beta
| Total Alpha
| Total Beta
|
| 1989 | 52 | 214·0 | <1·0 | 58 | 2·70 | 101·0 |
| 1990 | 49 | 76·0 | 4·0 | 34 | 2·16 | 70·9 |
1Uranium in tonnes. | ||||||
2Magabecquerels. | ||||||
3Mean activity, Becquerels per litre. | ||||||
4Terabecquerels. | ||||||
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to hold a Planning Inquiry Commission to consider any proposals from UK Nirex for a deep repository for intermediate and low level radioactive waste.
No. I am satisfied that a normal planning inquiry could deal satisfactorily with any planning application that Nirex may make.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the current proposals by UK Nirex for the development of an underground repository for intermediate and low level radioactive waste; and if he will make a statement.
None. UK Nirex Ltd. is currently consulting widely on its extensive revision of the design for a deep disposal facility for low and intermediate level radioactive waste.