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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the installations within England and Wales where materials contaminated with radioactivity may be incinerated; and what quantities of (a) materials and (b) radioactivity are involved. [215187] Mr. Morley: The premises in England and Wales which are authorised under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 to dispose of radioactive wastes by incineration are listed. Each authorisation includes limits on the quantity of radioactivity that can be incinerated, as this determines the public radiological impact. Copies of the authorisations are placed on the Environment Agency's public registers and are sent to local authorities so that they may be made available for public access. The authorisations generally do not specify the associated quantities of material (in terms of the volume or weight of the waste), and records of those quantities are not collated centrally. Details of releases of radioactivity from authorised premises in England and Wales, including sites where radioactive waste may be incinerated, are published in the Pollution Inventory section of the Environment Agency's website, www.environment-agency.gov.uk. List of premises in England and Wales which are authorised to incinerate radioactive wastes Nuclear sites BNFL Sellafield BNFL Capenhurst Hartlepool Power Station Heysham 1 Power Station Heysham 2 Power Station Hinkley Point B Power Station Sizewell B Power Station Berkeley Power Station Bradwell Power Station Dungeness A Power Station Oldbury Power Station Trawsfynydd Power Station Wylfa Power Station Non-nuclear premises Addenbrookes NHS Trust Hospital, Cambridge Nottingham City Hospital White Rose Environmental Ltd., Nottingham University of Nottingham New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton White Rose Environmental Ltd., Leeds Royal Preston Hospital, Preston Viridor Waste Management Ltd., Derriford Hospital, Plymouth National Blood Service, Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Bristol White Rose Environmental Ltd., Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport Shanks Chemical Services Ltd., Hythe, Southampton Pfizer Ltd., Sandwich White Rose Environmental Ltd., Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup White Rose Environmental Ltd., William Harvey Hospital, Ashford Tesla Engineering Ltd., Pulborough BFH Incineration Ltd., Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge Queen Mary and Westfield College, London Merck Sharp and Dohme Ltd., Harlow Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow Glaxosmithkline Research and Development Ltd., Harlow St. Albans City Hospital University of Westminster, London Glaxosmithkline Research and Development Ltd., Welwyn S. Grundon (Waste) Ltd., Slough Glaxosmithkline Research and Development Ltd., Stevenage Institute for Animal Health, Woking Shanks Chemical Services Ltd., Pontypool

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

430 c1500-2W; 215187

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Licensing Incinerators Radioactive waste Location

Link

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