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Radioactive Waste

Volume 402: debated on Tuesday 1 April 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which prospective sites were chosen by Nirex in its earlier site search for suitable locations to dispose of radioactive waste. [106417]

As the Secretary of State for the Environment informed the House on 21 March 1989, Nirex recommended to Government that detailed geological studies for a deep repository be carried out in the vicinity of Sellafield and Dounreay.

Nirex has no current plans to investigate sites for radioactive waste disposal facilities.