Policy paper

National Policy Statement for Geological Disposal Infrastructure: government response to BEIS select committee report

The government’s response to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee report on the draft National Policy Statement for Geological Disposal Infrastructure.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 4 July 2019

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Government response to the BEIS Committee Report on the draft National Policy Statement for Geological Disposal Infrastructure

Ref: ISBN 9781528610872, CCS0219701920

Unnumbered command paper

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Government response to the BEIS Committee Report on the draft National Policy Statement for Geological Disposal Infrastructure

Ref: ISBN 9781528610872, CCS0219701920

Unnumbered command paper

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This is the government response to the BEIS Committee report, published in July 2018, on the draft National Policy Statement for Geological Disposal Infrastructure.

The Committee’s inquiry, launched in May 2018, received 12 written submissions from:

• the Nuclear Legacy Advisory Forum (NuLeaf)
• various local authorities
• individuals
• environmental groups
• trade unions

It also took oral evidence from:

• NuLeAF
• the Campaign for National Parks
• the Planning Inspectorate
• Radioactive Waste Management Ltd (RWM)
• the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM)
• the NGO Forum
• BEIS officials
• Richard Harrington (Minister for Business and Industry)

Published 4 July 2019