Radioactive waste. The Government's response to the Environment Committee's report. Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Environment, the Secretary of State for Scotland, and the Secretary of State for Wales

The Environment Committee's report on radioactive waste (published 12 March 1986) was comprehensive and made a number of recommendations each of which has been considered by the Government. Its first stage report was published in May in which the Government commented on the recommendations directly relevant to the proposal to develop a near surface facility for the disposal of radioactive waste. This response incorporates that material, replies to the remaining recommendations and defines the Government's overall strategy for the disposal of all levels of radioactive waste. Its recommendations are considered, including specific ones about the THORP plant at Sellafield and the Drigg near-surface disposal site and more general points about storage versus reprocessing for spent fuels, seabed disposal of intermediate level waste disposal etc. (UK)