Nuclear waste: European Parliament debates Sellafield

The paper concerns the statement that the European Community's committee of experts dealing with basic standards for radiological protection of workers and the general public is to be convened urgently to start an enquiry into the implications for EEC policy of the accidental discharge of radioactive waste from the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria, UK, into the Irish Sea in November 1983. The subject is discussed under the headings: should Sellafield be closed (reports of radiation damage due to effluent); EEC committee to consider (ALARA requirement; resolution adopted by the European Parliament). (U.K.)