To advise the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and, in relation to devolved matters, to advise the Transport and Environment Minister in Scotland and the Assembly Member responsible for environmental policy in Wales, 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.

The current membership of RWMAC is :

• Professor Charles Curtis OBE - Professor of Geochemistry and Director, University of Manchester Environment Centre

• 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 BNFL and BNFL Engineering

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

• Dr Martin Courtis - former Chief Environment, Engineering and Transportation Officer, Dudley MBC; a consultant specialising in the management of radioactive waste

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

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

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

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

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

• Dr Chris Kalman - Consultant Occupational Physician - Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and SALUS Occupational Health and Safety; a retired Royal Navy officer

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

• Dr Les Mitchell* - Retired Director of Technology and Central Engineering, BNFL (Magnox Generation Business); a self-employed consultant specialising in energy and environmental 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 - Professor of Environmental Law, University of Wales Aberystwyth