Written question asked by Alan Reid (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 14 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2003. It was answered by Ivor Caplin (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2003 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the sites on which intermediate level nuclear waste for which his Department is responsible is stored; and what volume is stored on each site. - Inc ref to the 2001 United Kingdom Radioactive Waste Inventory Main Report. (Holding answer 18 November 2003).

Answer: Mr. Alan Reid: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the sites on which intermediate level nuclear waste for which his Department is responsible is stored; and what volume is stored on each site. [139524] Mr. Caplin: [holding answer 18 November 2003]: Information about the locations and amounts of MOD radioactive waste is regularly published in the National Inventory. This includes intermediate level nuclear waste. The latest edition (published on 22 October 2002) shows a snapshot in time as of April 2001. It describes all stocks of waste held in the UK including that from the Ministry of Defence at that date, together with predictions of wastes arising in the future. The details of the Report are: The 2001 United Kingdom Radioactive Waste Inventory Main Report DEFRA Report DEFRA/RAS/02.004 NIREX report N/042 October 2002 ISBN 1 84029 287 3 The report is available on CD from the Corporate Communications Adviser United Kingdom NIREX Ltd., Curie Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire. OX11 ORH Phone+44(0) 1235 825500, email: info@nirex.co.uk

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