Science and Technology Committee - Second Report
Radioactive Waste Management: a further update

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 16 March 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction

Background

Purpose and scope of the inquiry

Chapter 2: CoRWM and the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Programme

Independent scrutiny of the MRWS programme

Timescales and timelines

Transparency

The scope of CoRWM's advice to Government

Chapter 3: CoRWM's working practices

The importance of evidence-based reports

Expertise of CoRWM members

CoRWM's work programme

Maintaining CoRWM's independence from Government

A watching brief

Social and ethical expertise

Chapter 4: List of Conclusions and Recommendations

Appendix 1: Members and Declarations of Interests

Appendix 2: List of Witnesses

Appendix 3: Call for Evidence

Appendix 4: Acronyms and Glossary

Appendix 5: Recent Reports from the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee

Oral Evidence

Professor Robert Pickard, Professor William Lee, Ms Marion Hill, CoRWM

Written evidence

Oral evidence (9 February 2010)

Supplementary written evidence

Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, Mr Mark Higson, Mr Bruce Cairns, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Mr Bruce McKirdy, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Written evidence from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

Written evidence from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)

Oral evidence (9 February 2010)

Written Evidence

Environment Agency

Geological Society of London

Greenpeace

Nuclear Industry Association

NOTE: References in the text of the report are as follows:

(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence

(p) refers to a page of written evidence

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