Nuclear waste store could be built within 25 years, say Lords

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The Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology has suggested that an underground civilian and military nuclear waste repository could be built within 25 years. Over 70,000 cubic metres of nuclear waste is currently stored above ground in Britain. The government should begin public consultation on a new radioactive waste management policy to build public trust in the concept. The committee has called for a new statutory body, the Nuclear Waste Management Commission, to be established, which would be involved in seeking possible sites, commissioning and monitoring research.

Planning, Radioactive waste disposal in the ground, Underground radioactive waste disposal

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Shell keeps its options open for disposing of Brent Spar

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Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil company, has retained the option of deep-water disposal of the Brent Spar oil platform. The company was earlier prevented from doing so by Greenpeace. The British government is in favor of deep-sea disposal as Tim Eggar, a minister of Trade and Industry, endorsed deep-sea disposal as the best and most environment friendly option at a briefing organized by the Natural Environment Research Council. The platform contains 68,000 tons of concrete ballast chemicals, 100 tons of bituminous sludge and 30 tons of low-level radioactive substances.

Environmental aspects, Drilling platforms, Royal Dutch-Shell PLC

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Lords' report criticizes 'underclass' status of UK contract researchers

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British research facilities are losing their competitive edge due to maltreatment of probationary researchers according to a 60-page report published by the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology. Contract researchers constitute more than 50% of the total researchers in the disciplines of biochemistry, pharmacology, clinical medicine, metallurgy and materials, pre-clinical studies, and physics with more women than men in general. Recommendations for upgrading their standards are also discussed.

Analysis, Human resource management, Universities and colleges, Employment, Research teams, Contract labor

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