Fifth annual report made to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Wales

The report is in chapters, entitled: the challenge of waste management (objectives of radioactive waste management; 'as low as reasonably achievable' (ALARA); disposal sites on land for low- and intermediate-level wastes; visit to French nuclear sites; disposal in boreholes on the continental shelf; sea disposal; conclusions); classification of solid wastes and current arisings (waste classification; high-level or heat-generating wastes; low-level wastes; intermediate-level wastes; waste inventory); liquid discharges from BNFL Sellafield (routine discharges; individual radiation exposures due to consumption of Irish Sea fish and shellfish, 1981; international reprocessing plants - scale of operation and liquid discharges to the environment; recommendations; incident leading to the contamination of beaches; techniques under development for the treatment of liquid effluents); future work (public consultation on assessment principles; research; expenditure on radioactive waste management research 1982/83 - 1984/85; Sellafield; fast reactor; long-term spent fuel element policy). (U.K.)