LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Early day motion 2427, tabled 21 June 2006 by Siôn Simon (Labour). Signed by 107 members.

That this House welcomes the draft recommendations of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management; congratulates the Committee on its wide-ranging consultation and its detailed assessment of the crucial question of how the UK should deal with its radioactive waste in the long-term; believes that the waste must be dealt with in a sustainable and publicly-acceptable manner regardless of any decision on nuclear new-build; further believes that decisions must be taken now on how to move forward with no further delay; recognises that the implementation of a long-term policy will be a major and vital piece of national infrastructure; supports current Government policy on Nirex, the UK's long-term radioactive waste body, being independent of and separate from the nuclear industry, including the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; agrees that an independent long-term waste body is vital for the successful implementation of the project; and calls for the continuation of this crucial separation.

Signatures by party: Labour 88, Liberal Democrat 12, Conservative 6, DUP 1.