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P-05-785 Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump radioactive marine sediments from the Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales coastal waters off Cardiff
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Meeting: 19/06/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The Committee noted the paper.
Meeting: 23/05/2018 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
Debate on the Petitions Committee report: Petition P-05-785 Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump radioactive marine sediments from the Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales coastal waters off Cardiff
NDM6727 David
J. Rowlands (South Wales East)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the petition ‘P-05-785 Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump
radioactive marine sediments from the Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales
coastal waters off Cardiff’ which received 7,171 signatures.
2.
Notes the report of the Petitions Committee on the petition, which was laid
in the Table Office on 14 May 2018.
Minutes:
The item started at 16.30
NDM6727 David J. Rowlands (South Wales East)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the
petition ‘P-05-785 Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump radioactive marine
sediments from the Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales coastal waters off
Cardiff’ which received 7,171 signatures.
2. Notes the report
of the Petitions Committee on the petition, which was laid in the Table
Office on 14 May 2018.
The motion was
agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Meeting: 01/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
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8 Consideration of draft report - P-05-785 Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump radioactive marine sediments from the Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales coastal waters off Cardiff
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 9 , View reasons restricted (8/1)
- 16.04.18 Correspondence - Friends of the Earth, Barry & Vale to the Chair, item 8 PDF 630 KB
- 16.04.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 8 PDF 34 KB View as HTML (8/3) 11 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee agreed the Report with some minor changes.
Meeting: 17/04/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-785 Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump radioactive marine sediments from the Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales coastal waters off Cardiff
Supporting documents:
- Cover Sheet, item 3 PDF 118 KB View as HTML (3/1) 11 KB
- 13.03.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 482 KB View as HTML (3/2) 103 KB
- 27.0318 Correspondence - Natural Resources Wales to the Chair, item 3 PDF 133 KB
- Annex - Cefas Information Summary, item 3 PDF 324 KB View as HTML (3/4) 22 KB
- 09.04.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 50 KB View as HTML (3/5) 30 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the
petitioner and agreed to:
·
write
to Cefas to seek their response to concerns over the testing methodology raised
by the petitioners;
·
produce
a summary report of the evidence received during the Committee’s consideration
of the petition; and
·
seek
time for a Plenary debate following publication of the report.
Meeting: 06/02/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 118 KB View as HTML (3/1) 11 KB
- 29.01.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 45 KB View as HTML (3/2) 9 KB
- 30.01.18 - Correspondence - Natural Resources Wales to the Chair, item 3 PDF 130 KB
- 31.01.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 29 KB View as HTML (3/4) 7 KB
Minutes:
Neil McEvoy declared the following relevant
interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
He is a Cardiff Councillor and attended a
recent Council meeting at which the issue was considered.
The Committee considered correspondence on the
petition and agreed to await the following information before agreeing any
further action on the petition:
- an update
from NRW in relation to whether additional sampling at depth will be
carried out on the material to be dredged;
- the results
of the radiation dose analysis being conducted by Cefas on the samples
taken in 2009;
- details of
any further studies in relation to the Severn Estuary; and
- further
analysis from the petitioners.
Meeting: 09/01/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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4 Evidence Session - P-05-785 Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump radioactive marine sediments from the Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales coastal waters off Cardiff
Natural
Resources Wales
·
John
Wheadon, Permitting Service Manager
·
Adam
Cooper, Senior Permitting Officer
Cefas
·
David
Carlin, Science Director
·
Kins
Leonard, Head of Radiological Protection
Supporting documents:
- 22.12.17 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 4 PDF 454 KB
- 02.01.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 4 PDF 407 KB
- Research Brief , View reasons restricted (4/3)
Minutes:
The
Committee heard evidence from Natural Resources Wales and the Centre for
Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS).
Meeting: 09/01/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
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Discussion of Previous Evidence Session
Minutes:
The Committee considered the evidence
received in previous sessions and agreed to write to Natural Resources Wales
to:
- suggest that NRW should request that further samples are taken at
depth, in order to assist with public reassurance in relation to this
licence;ensure
that the results of all analysis carried out on the sediment are made
publically available;
- recommend that details of all radionuclides tested for should be
made clear in relation to any further testing, in light of previous
confusion over the details of the radiological assessment conducted on the
material; and
- to ask for further details of any sampling or monitoring carried
out within the wider Severn Estuary and studies relating to how the sediments
would be likely to be dispersed following dumping at the Cardiff Grounds
site.
Meeting: 05/12/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
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Discussion of Previous Evidence Sessions
P-05-785
Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump radioactive marine sediments from the
Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales coastal waters off Cardiff.
Minutes:
Members
considered the evidence heard in the earlier sessions and agreed to invite
Natural Resources Wales and Cefas to give evidence to the Committee at the
earliest possible meeting in the new year.
Meeting: 05/12/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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4 Evidence Session 2 - P-05-785 Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump radioactive marine sediments from the Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales coastal waters off Cardiff
Chris
Fayers, Head of Environment, Nuclear New Build, EDF Energy
Pete
Bryant, Decommissioning Specialist & Radioactive Waste Adviser, EDF Energy
Dr
Stephen Roast, Marine Technical Specialist, EDF Energy
Supporting documents:
- Hinkley Point C Sediment Briefing - EDF Energy, item 4 PDF 241 KB
- Research Brief , View reasons restricted (4/2)
Minutes:
The
Committee heard evidence from representatives of EDF Energy.
Meeting: 05/12/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 Evidence Session 1 - P-05-785 Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump radioactive marine sediments from the Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales coastal waters off Cardiff
Tim
Deere-Jones, Petitioner
Supporting documents:
- Cover Sheet, item 3 PDF 118 KB View as HTML (3/1) 11 KB
- 17.11.2017 Additional Correspondence - International Oceans Groups, item 3 PDF 77 KB
- 21.11.2017 Correspondence - Chair of NRW to Chair of CCERA: Disposal of dredged sediment at sea, item 3 PDF 224 KB
- Copy of Marine Licence: 12/45/ML, item 3 PDF 213 KB
Minutes:
Neil
McEvoy declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
He
is a member of Cardiff Council.
The
Committee heard evidence from the petitioner, Tim Deere-Jones.
Meeting: 21/11/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2 PDF 118 KB View as HTML (2/1) 11 KB
- Research brief, item 2 PDF 258 KB View as HTML (2/2) 84 KB
- 26.10.17 Correspondence –Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs to the Chair, item 2 PDF 505 KB
- 13.11.17 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 2 PDF 38 KB View as HTML (2/4) 15 KB
- 13.11.17 Correspondence - The Chair of the Climate, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee to Natural Resource Wales, item 2 PDF 182 KB
Minutes:
Neil
McEvoy declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
He
had signed the petition in support of the issue.
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:
- invite the petitioner to give evidence to
the Committee at the nearest available meeting; and
- await a response from Natural Resources
Wales to detailed questions put to them in a letter from the Climate
Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee.
Once
these actions have been completed the Committee agreed it will consider again
whether to seek time for a Plenary debate on the petition.