Managing radioactive waste safely
Summary
'Radioactive
Waste Management: An update' (HL 109), a Report from the House of Lords
Science and Technology Committee, examines the Government's proposals for
radioactive waste management following the final recommendations of the
Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM).
(Available to
download)
The Report focuses on the arrangements for
implementing the next stage of the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS)
programme.
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How
does it affect me?
If you work in the nuclear industry or are
interested in the management of radioactive waste, this affects you.
The
Government has accepted CoRWM's recommendation that geological disposal is the
best available long-term approach but has watered down the proposal for an
independent body to oversee the programme: the Committee has concerns about
this and thinks that an independent body would be desirable.
The
Committee also expresses concern that the progress in radioactive waste
management has been characterised by years of procrastination followed by
unseemly haste, and calls on the Government to delay the forthcoming
consultation document until the new CoRWM has been appointed and has had time
to consider the proposals.
Find out more about the work of the
House
of Lords Science and Technology Committee.
Visit the
Committee on Radioactive Waste
Management website.