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Mod Nuclear Submarines And Project Isolus

EDM number 969 in 2003-04, proposed by Norman Baker on 01/04/2004.

That this House notes with concern that the volume of high level radioactive waste has increased six per cent. since 1997 and that the total volume of high and intermediate level radioactive waste is due to increase to nearly 150,000 cubic metres by 2030; further notes the specific problems which have arisen from the decommissioning of the Royal Navy's nuclear submarines; welcomes the work of the ISOLUS project at Lancaster University to identify options for the safe management of radioactive waste products from submarines; notes that since 1990, 11 nuclear-powered submarines have been decommissioned and are stored afloat in Rosyth Dockyard and HMNB Devonport and that by 2040 there will be 27 decommissioned submarines which will require permanent storage of their nuclear waste; calls on the Secretary of State for Defence to immediately release the list of sites which are being considered by his Department for storing radioactive waste as part of project ISOLUS; and calls on the Government immediately to rule out the possibility of using the RAF base at Machrihanish near the Mull of Kintyre.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Norman Baker01/04/2004LewesLiberal DemocratProposed
Alan Reid01/04/2004Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch01/04/2004HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed01/04/2004South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Sue Doughty01/04/2004GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell01/04/2004Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George19/04/2004St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake20/04/2004Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer20/04/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Simon Thomas20/04/2004CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
John McDonnell21/04/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham21/04/2004Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Annette Brooke21/04/2004Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd21/04/2004Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Nigel Jones21/04/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Llew Smith21/04/2004Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Alan Simpson22/04/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon22/04/2004North DownUUPSigned
Kevin McNamara22/04/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn22/04/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Paul Tyler22/04/2004North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross27/04/2004TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Marsden28/04/2004Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett04/05/2004Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price05/05/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Bill Etherington05/05/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jim Cousins18/06/2004Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned

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