Paris Commission Decision On Thorp

EDM number 2174 in 1992-93, proposed by Simon Hughes on 16/06/1993.

That this House welcomes the 12 to 1 majority vote of the Paris Commission Convention on The Control of Pollution of the Seas, at its meeting in Berlin on 16th June, to adopt further measures including the application of best available techniques for the reduction or elimination of inputs of radioactive substances to the maritime area and its further agreement that a new or revised discharge authorisation for radioactive discharges from nuclear reprocessing installations should only be issued by national authorities if special consideration is given to: (a) information on the need for spent fuel reprocessing and on other options, (b) a full environmental impact assessment, (c) the demonstration that the planned discharges are based upon the use of the best available techniques and observe the precautionary principle and (d) a consultation with the Paris Commission on the basis of (a), (b) and (c) above; deplores the refusal of the United Kingdom Government alone to support this decision; believes this Paris Commission decision will rightly have serious implications for Sellafield; and demands that this decision be fully taken into account in the present considerations on Thorp.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.