Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there has been any decision on the storage of nuclear reactor compartments from the growing number of decommissioned nuclear submarines in United Kingdom ports; and when those submarines will be broken up.

A public consultation about the location of an interim store for intermediate level radioactive waste removed from decommissioned nuclear submarines concluded on 20 February 2015. The Ministry of Defence expects to announce the site location during 2016.

A submarine at Rosyth will undergo initial dismantling, to demonstrate and refine the process. The first stage is removal of low level radioactive waste, which is planned for 2016, subject to approval from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.