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I am announcing that I have, today, laid a departmental minute before the House regarding the granting of an indemnity related to nuclear occurrences forming part of new contracts for the LLWR at DRIGG. The NDA proposes to grant an indemnity against uninsurable claims from nuclear incidents that fall outside...

Member

Malcolm Wicks (Labour)

Department

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Type

Written statements

Date

27 February 2008

Reference

472 c77WS

House

House of Commons

Energy: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

My honourable friend the Minister of State for Energy (Malcolm Wicks) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am announcing that I have, today, laid a departmental minute before the House regarding the granting of an indemnity related to nuclear occurrences forming part of new contracts for the LLWR...

Member

Lord Jones of Birmingham (Other (affiliation))

Department

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Type

Written statements

Date

27 February 2008

Reference

699 c77WS

House

House of Lords

Low Level Radioactive Waste

On 18 March 2005, I announced that the UK Government and devolved Administration Ministers had agreed that a review of policy for the long-term management of the UK's low level radioactive waste (LLW) should be undertaken. I explained that the initial stages of the review would be overseen by a...

Member

Elliot Morley (Labour)

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written statements

Date

28 February 2006

Reference

443 c10-1WS

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 06/559

A public consultation on policy for the long term management of solid low level radioactive waste (LLW) in the UK. Incl. draft regulatory impact assessment. 72 p.

Deposited by

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Consultation papers; Impact assessments; Deposited papers

Date

28 February 2006

Reference

DEP 06/559

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether additional protection was required for (a) the low-level radioactive waste disposal trenches at Drigg and (b) the high-level radioactive waste storage tanks at Sellafield as a result of the recent stormy weather in Cumbria.

Asked by

Llew Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 January 2005

Reference

209159; 429 c1091W

House

House of Commons

Directions to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in respect of Drigg nuclear site.

Type

Unprinted papers

Date

7 December 2004

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 11th February, 399 c1478W, on nuclear waste, how much foreign spent nuclear fuel imported from abroad is stored at (a) Drigg, Cumbria and (b) elsewhere in the United Kingdom; what plans there are to send...

Asked by

Laurence Robertson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 October 2004

Reference

425 c129W;425 c126W; 189150

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of material the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority proposes to transfer from Dounreay to Drigg; what the composition of the material is; what method of transport will be used; and if she will make a...

Asked by

Lord Cunningham of Felling (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2004

Reference

419 c703W;419 c705W; 162254

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the Scottish Executive, (b) the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and (c) the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority about proposals by the latter to transfer low level radioactive waste from Dounreay to...

Asked by

Lord Cunningham of Felling (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 March 2004

For answer on

17 March 2004

Answered on

17 March 2004

Dr. Jack Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what discussions she has had with (a) the Scottish Executive, (b) the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and (c) the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority about proposals by the latter to transfer low level radioactive waste from Dounreay to Drigg; why the application for a licence was not advertised in England; and if she will make a statement; [160504] (2) whether she has agreed to proposals by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority to transfer radioactive waste from Dounreay to Drigg in Cumbria. [160505] Mr. Morley: [holding answer 15 March 2004]: The Secretary of State has not had discussions with the Scottish Executive, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) or the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) about these proposals. The low-level radioactive waste (LLW) disposal site at Drigg in Cumbria is owned by BNFL and is operated by the company on a commercial basis as a United Kingdom facility. BNFL hold an authorisation from the Environment Agency to dispose of LLW at Drigg. I understand that the proposed transfer of waste from Dounreay to Drigg could be accommodated within BNFL's existing authorisation for the site. I also understand that the consultation arrangements adopted in this case were consistent with those for other such transfers to Drigg from sites throughout the United Kingdom. It was not, therefore, considered necessary by the regulators to advertise this application in England. I understand from the Environment Agency that they intend to carry out a comprehensive review of BNFL's authorisation for Drigg later this year. As part of this review, full public consultations will be undertaken. The application by UKAEA to transfer LLW to Drigg has been made to SEPA, whose responsibility it is to determine the application under the provisions of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993, subject to the powers of Scottish Ministers. Given that Drigg is operated as a United Kingdom facility and that its existing authorisation is sufficient to cover the proposed transfer, it is not necessary for the Secretary of State to be involved in determining UKAEA's current application.

Date

17 March 2004

Reference

419 c283W;419 c285W; 160504;160505

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what checks are made on low-level radioactive waste sites; how often they are checked; and by whom checks are done. - Inc ref to Radioactive Substances Act 1993 and Nuclear Installations Act 1965.

Asked by

Lindsay Hoyle (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 February 2004

For answer on

10 March 2004

Answered on

10 March 2004

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what checks are made on low-level radioactive waste sites; how often they are checked; and by whom checks are done. [157261] Mr. Morley: The Environment Agency (EA), under the provisions of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993, regulates low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLW) disposal sites in England and Wales. This is achieved through authorisations which impose various conditions on the site operator. The authorisations require the operator to routinely report to the EA disposals against the authorised limits. In addition to reviewing these reports, the EA periodically inspects all authorised LLW disposal sites, to ensure that the conditions of the authorisation remain appropriate, and are being complied with. The primary UK national LLW disposal site, operated by BNFL at Drigg in West Cumbria, is regulated by both the EA and by the Nuclear Safety Directorate of the Health and Safety Executive, under the provisions of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965. The EA monitors radioactivity in surface waters (leachates, boreholes and nearby rivers and streams) around waste disposal (landfill) sites where disposals of low-level radioactive waste are authorised. This is undertaken on an annual or bi-annual basis. BNFL undertake quarterly monitoring programmes of boreholes at the Clifton Marsh landfill site. In addition the company carries out quarterly dose rate surveys in relation to the Ulnes Walton landfill site and monitoring of the River Lostock close to the outfall point. The results of these monitoring programmes can be found on the BNFL website at www.bnfl.com. The EA undertakes a thorough radioactivity monitoring regime in the vicinity of the Drigg site. This includes monitoring of surface waters and sediments bi- annually and monitoring of sands, sediments and seaweeds on the West Cumbrian coast four times per year. The Food Standards Agency also carries out monitoring of foods in West Cumbria to check that food produced around Sellafield and Drigg is safe. The monitoring includes seafoods caught from the Irish Sea off the West Cumbrian coast. From 2002, the results of all the environmental monitoring carried out by the Environment Agency and by the Food Standards Agency are reported jointly and annually in the Radioactivity in Food and the Environment report series, copies of which are placed in the Library.

Date

10 March 2004

Reference

418 c1539-40W;418 c1541-2W; 157261

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 29th April, 404 c308W, on nuclear waste, what contingency plans are in place to deal with future arisings of low level wastes that cannot be accommodated at Drigg.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 May 2003

Reference

405 c527-9W;405 c525-7W; 112456

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much low-level radioactive material is held at Drigg; and what the capacity of the site is. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 April 2003

Reference

109624; 404 c308W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implication of moving nuclear waste from Dounreay to Drigg by (a) road and (b) rail.

Asked by

Mike Weir (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 July 2002

Reference

388 c388W;388 c386W; 65110

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had on emergency planning with the Scottish Executive regarding the dangers posed by moving nuclear waste by (a) road and (b) rail from Dounreay to Drigg.

Asked by

Mike Weir (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 July 2002

Reference

388 c389W;388 c387W; 65111

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had on emergency planning with local authorities along the route from Dounreay to Drigg regarding the dangers posed by moving nuclear waste by road.

Asked by

Mike Weir (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 July 2002

Reference

388 c388W;388 c386W; 65112

House

House of Commons

Sainsbury of Turville, Lord

Answered by

Lord Sainsbury of Turville (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

23 February 1999

Reference

597 c948-9

House

House of Lords

Sainsbury of Turville, Lord

What is the effect of the decision that the nuclear processing plant at Drigg cannot accept waste from nuclear power plants because it has exceeded the level of carbon 14 allowed for the next 25 years.

Asked by

Lord Burnham (Conservative)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

23 February 1999

Reference

597 c948-9

House

House of Lords

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for each year since 1995 those sites specified in authorisations issued under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 to receive low level radioactive waste, indicating the annual volume and isotopic content of wastes received...

Asked by

Joan Walley (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 February 1998

For answer on

18 February 1998

Answered on

18 February 1998

Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for each year since 1995 those sites specified in authorisations issued under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 to receive low level radioactive waste, indicating the annual volume and isotopic content of wastes received at each site and the origin of such wastes; and if he will make a statement. [29418] Angela Eagle: I have been advised by the Environment Agency in respect of England and Wales, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and by the Environment and Heritage Service in Northern Ireland that the information requested is not held centrally. The BNFL site at Drigg in Cumbria receives the largest volume and activity of low level radioactive waste in the United Kingdom. The majority of waste sent to Drigg for disposal arises from the nuclear industry. Data relating to disposals of low level radioactive waste at BNFL Drigg for 1995 and 1996 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Radionuclide 1995 1996 Authorised Limit (TBq) Tritium 0.34 0.41 10 Carbon-14 0.010 0.005 0.05 Cobalt-60{1} 0.36 0.25 2 Iodine-129 0.0018 0.00017 0.05 Others{2} 6.0 3.6 15 Radium-226 and Thorium-232 0.005 0.005 0.03 Uranium 0.024 0.10 0.3 Other alpha{3} 0.09 0.10 0.3 Volume (m{3}) 13,200 10,500 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {}{1 }The cobalt-60 figure is included in the `other' as well as shown separately. {2} Defined in the current authorisation as: i. iron 55 and beta emitting radionuclides with half lives greater than three months (excluding carbon-14, iodine-129 and tritium) ii. not more than 2 TBq may be Cobalt-60. {3} Alpha emitting radionuclides with half-lives greater than three months excluding uranium, radium-226 and thorium-232. The site in Scotland at which the largest volume and activity of low level radioactive waste is disposed is at Dounreay, Caithness. Virtually all of the waste disposed of at Dounreay arises from the nuclear industry. Data relating to disposals of solid radioactive waste at Dounreay for 1995 and 1996 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Volume (m{3}) Þga (Gbq) ÞgbÞgg (GBq) 1995 446 39 223 1996 153 15 367 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Only one site in Northern Ireland, at Dargan Road near Belfast, has been used for the disposal of low level radioactive waste since 1995. The volume of radioactive waste disposed of each year at this site is approximately 50 cubic metres. Details of the activity are in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Radionuclide Radioactivity Disposed (MBq) 1995 1996 Tritium 92.807 31.295 Carbon-14 6.03 736.276 Other isotopes with a half life less than 1 2199.67 884.4 year Other isotopes with a half life greater than 9.5 0 1 year Waste Technetium-99 columns{1} 50 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The level of radioactivity associated with each column is of the order of 0.01 MBq. There are in addition 12 landfill sites in England and Wales, 12 in Scotland and three in Northern Ireland where disposal of low level radioactive waste is authorised. I refer the hon. member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Lewes (Mr. Baker) on 19 November 1997, Official Report, columns 202-03, where these are listed. Around 35 incinerators are also authorised in the United Kingdom for the disposal of low level radioactive waste. The nature of the waste disposed of at landfill sites varies from industrial residues containing naturally occurring radioactive material to small quantities of radioactive wastes from universities and hospitals. The type of wastes which are incinerated are predominately hospital patient care wastes and research wastes which contain small amounts of radioisotopes such as Iodine-131, Tritium and Carbon-14.

Date

18 February 1998

Reference

29418; 306 c646-8W;306 c644-6W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much intermediate-level and low-level nuclear waste that cannot be disposed of at Drigg is currently in store at AWE Aldermaston.

Asked by

Alan Simpson (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 1998

Reference

21806; 304 c133W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the estimated annual arisings of (a) low-level waste that can be disposed of at Drigg, (b) low-level nuclear waste that cannot be disposed of at Drigg, (c) intermediate-level nuclear waste arising from normal operations, (d) intermediate-level waste arising...

Asked by

Alan Simpson (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 December 1997

For answer on

12 January 1998

Answered on

12 January 1998

Mr. Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the estimated annual arisings of (a) low-level waste that can be disposed of at Drigg, (b) low-level nuclear waste that cannot be disposed of at Drigg, (c) intermediate-level nuclear waste arising from normal operations, (d) intermediate-level waste arising from decommissioning, (e) low-level waste arising from decommissioning operations that can be disposed of at Drigg and (f) low-level waste arising from decommissioning operations that cannot be disposed of at Drigg, from AWE Aldermaston, in each of the years between the present and 2020. [21808] Mr. Spellar: Forecasts of waste arisings are produced annually for the following ten years. The present forecast is (all volumes shown in cubic metres): (a) low level waste that can be disposed of at BNFL Drigg: 1998: 1,900 1999: 2,200 2000: 1,800 2001: 2,800 2002: 3,000 2003: 1,500 2004: 3,700 2005: 3,300 2006: 2,500 2007: 3,000 (b) low level waste that cannot be disposed of at Drigg is not forecast separately from intermediate level waste arisings and is included in (d) below. (c) intermediate-level waste arising from normal operations: 1998: 40 1999: 40 2000: 40 2001: 40 2002: 40 2003: 40 2004: 40 2005: 40 2006: 40 2007: 40 (d) intermediate-level waste arising from decommissioning: 1998: 190 1999: 130 2000: 220 2001: 170 2002: 150 2003: 160 2004: 170 2005: 160 2006: 150 2007: 150 (e) low level waste arising from decommissioning operations that can be disposed of at Drigg: 1998: 400 1999: 760 2000: 510 2001: 1,580 2002: 1,970 2003: 680 2004: 3,010 2005: 2,750 2006: 2,010 2007: 2,530 (f) low level wastage arising from decommissioning operations that cannot be disposed of at Drigg is not forecast separately from ILW arisings and is included in (d) above.

Date

12 January 1998

Reference

21808; 304 c133-4W

House

House of Commons

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