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Science and Technology - First Report Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 13 November 2001. CONTENTS REPORT Introduction Overview Background The growing problem Our 1999 Report and the Government response The launch of consultations, 2001 Matters of concern Effective consultation Security Maintaining momentum Devolved Administrations Finnish practice Planning and finance Gaps in knowledge Physiological response to radiation New nuclear power generation The way forward APPENDIX 1: Members of the Select Committee APPENDIX 2: Managing high level radioactive waste in Finland MINUTES OF EVIDENCE Tuesday 23 October 2001 Department for Environment, Food and Regional Affairs (DEFRA): The Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment, Mr Richard Wood and Mr Adam Scott NOTES This document contains the First Report in the Session 2001-02 by the Select Committee appointed to consider Science and Technology. It was ordered to be printed on 13 November 2001, and published shortly thereafter. Pages of the Report are numbered in bold type. The oral evidence supporting the Report forms the second part of this volume, where the pages are numbered in ordinary type, restarting at 1. In the text of the Report, Q refers to a numbered question in the oral evidence.

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