Nuclear Waste (Transportation)

Mr. Dalyell
asked the Secretary of State for Energy when he hopes to receive the report of the study announced by the Under-Secretary of State, Official Report, 15 November column 724, into a situation which assumes that a flask of steel, carrying irradiated fuel elements has been damaged with a hole in it; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Norman Lamont
Arrangements for the study are being made, and it will be completed as soon as possible.