{"value":{"id":533656,"askingMemberId":4417,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2016-07-07T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2016-07-11T00:00:00","uin":"42216","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she expects the national Geological Disposal Facility to be ready.","answeringBodyId":63,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Energy and Climate Change","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4117,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2016-07-13T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The process to site a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) is planned to launch in 2017 and will be driven by working in partnership with willing communities. The technical work to assess the geological suitability of a site and build a credible long-term safety case is the main determinant of the length of time that it will take. The Government has therefore not set a fixed delivery timetable but the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has a current planning assumption that the GDF will be available to receive the first waste in the 2040s.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Radioactive Waste","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/533656","method":"GET"}]}