Terms of Reference of the Committee

To advise the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and, in relation to devolved matters, to advise the Minister for Environment and Rural Affairs in Scotland and the Minister for the Environment in the Welsh Assembly, on the technical and environmental implications of major issues concerning the development and implementation of an overall policy for all aspects of the management of civil radioactive waste, including research and development: and on any such matters referred to it by these persons.

Membership

The Membership of RWMAC from 1 August 2001 to 31 July 2002 was:

Chairman

• Professor Charles Curtis OBE - Professor of Geochemistry, University of Manchester

Members

• Mr Fred Barker - Nuclear Policy Analyst

• Professor Andrew Blowers OBE - Professor of Social Science, The Open University

• Professor Keith Boddy CBE, OBE - Former Head of Regional Medical Physics Department, Newcastle General Hospital

• Mr David Bonser - Director of British Nuclear Fuels plc

• Dr Gregg Butler - Consultant specialising in nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear industry matters

• Dr Martin Courtis OBE - Consultant specialising in radioactive waste management

• Dr Wynne Davies - Vice President Group Health, Safety and Environment, Amersham plc

• Miss Frances Fry - Division Head, National Radiological Protection Board

• Mrs Cathy Griffiths - Consultant Medical Physicist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

• Mr John Hetherington - Consultant with interests in radioactive waste management and radiological safety

• Professor Anthony Harris - Emeritus Professor of Geology, University of Liverpool

• Dr Chris Kalman - Consultant Occupational Physician, Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and SALUS Occupational Health and Safety

• Dr Wendy Le-Las - Consultant on planning law and policy to the National Association of Local Councils

• Dr Les Mitchell - Consultant specialising in environment and energy issues

• Mr George Reeves - Postgraduate Course Director in Engineering Geology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

• Mr Mike Sadnicki - Independent Operational Research Consultant, specialising in nuclear economics

• Miss Susanne Stoessl - Former Head of Broadcasting Research, BBC

• Professor Lynda Warren - Director of Postgraduate Studies, Department of Law, University of Wales Aberystwyth