Therese Coffey: Dumping of radioactive waste (before being banned under the London Convention of 1972 for highly contaminated and in 1993 for low contaminated waste) was subject to approval by the MAFF Approval Committee, whose procedures included careful checks on the containment and transport of the waste. Both the Hurd Deep and Atlantic Deep sites have been subject to monitoring. Hurd Deep: From 1946...
Therese Coffey: Regulation of the disposal of radioactive material off the coast of Wales is a devolved matter for Natural Resources Wales and the Welsh Government.
Therese Coffey: ...a specific use as listed under section (2) of the Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006 are designated as special sites, and include sites that are affecting controlled waters or contain radioactive material.