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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list those landfill sites which are unlined and permitted to receive low-level radioactive waste. [16453] Angela Eagle: The Environment Agency advise that disposal of low-level radioactive waste is authorised under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 at the following sites in England and Wales: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Landfill site Operator and location Engineered containment status Arpley Quarry 3C Waste Ltd., Arpley, Warrington Engineered containment Lamby Way Cardiff County Council Clay based engineered containment Milton Landfill Milton Cambridgeshire Clay based engineered containment Cowpen Bewley ICI Ltd., Billingham, Cleveland No engineered containment Clifton Marsh Lancashire Waste Services, Preston Current phase unlined, next phase will Lancashire include an engineered containment Stanford Quarry Oxfordshire County Council, Stanford in No engineered containment the Vale Beighton Tip Sheffield Waste Disposal Authority No engineered containment, closure early 1998 Asham Quarry East Sussex County Council, Beddingham, Opened 1979, old phases unlined. From East Sussex 1995, fully engineered lining for new phase Hilts Quarry Rolls Royce Ltd., Crich, Derbyshire No engineered containment Magnesium Elektron Swinton Magnesium Elektron, Swinton, Greater No engineered containment Manchester Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd. Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Grimsby, No engineered containment Humberside Cilgwyn Quarry Cwmni Gwastraf Mon Arfon cyf, Caernorfon, No engineered containment Gwynedd _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency advise that disposal of low level radioactive waste is authorised under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 at the following sites in Scotland: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Landfill Site Operator and location Engineered containment status Black Devon Operated by local authority, Unlined Clackmannanshire Balbarton Operated by local authority, Fife Unlined Braehead Quarry Operated by local authority, Edinburgh Unlined Riveside Operated by local authority, Dundee Unlined Kilgarth Operated by local authority, North Unlined Lanarkshire Dalmacouter Operated by local authority, North Unlined Lanarkshire Ness Farm Operated by local authority, Aberdeen Unlined Longman Operated by local authority, Inverness Unlined Lower Polmaise Operated by local authority, Stirling Unengineered natural clay lining Lower Polmaise Operated by local authority, Stirling Unengineered natural clay lining Melville Wood Operated by local authority, Fife Current disposals to lined area--engineered natural clay lining with bentonite (cement slurry) wall. Historic disposals to unlined area Summerston Operated by local authority, Glasgow Natural clay and geotextile lining _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Environment and Heritage Service advise that disposal of low level radioactive waste is authorised under teh Radioactive Substances Act 1993 at the following sites in Northern Ireland. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Landfill site Operator and location Engineered containment status Dargan Road Belfast City Council Lined Culmore Point Derry City Council Unlined Letterloan Coleraine Borough Council Unlined Mayboy Road Coleraine Borough Council Unlined _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The radiological impact of disposals to these landfill sites are assessed by the Environment Agencies and the Environment and Heritage Service when determining applications for authorisation.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

16453; 301 c202-3W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Landfill Environment Agency Northern Ireland Radioactive materials Scotland Waste disposal Scottish Environment Protection Agency Environment and Heritage Service (Northern Ireland)

Legislation

Radioactive Substances Act 1993