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The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) is an independent committee appointed by the UK Government, whose task is to review the options for managing those UK radioactive wastes for which there is no agreed long-term solution.
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It was appointed after a public consultation called ""Managing Radioactive Waste Safely" that was launched by the Government in September 2001.  The Committee is chaired by Gordon MacKerron, Director, Sussex Energy Group, SPRU, University of Sussex.
 
 
 
==The Convoluted Nuclear Links of Some of its Members==
 
 
 
Although CoRWM is supposedly independent - its panel has some interesting associations:
 
 
Fred Barker - Was a contractor to the DTI up to March 05, advising on potential stakeholder engagement arrangements for the [[Nuclear Decommissioning Authority]].
 
 
 
Professor Andrew Blowers OBE - former Board Member of [[Nirex]].
 
 
 
Mark Dutton - Is the sole Director of Mark Dutton and Associates, a consultancy that provides services on nuclear industry issues, mainly to NNC Limited, various Government Departments, and international and national bodies such as the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations.
 
 
NNC Limited has been appointed as the Committee's Programme Manager through an open competition tendering process. In 2004 Dutton wrote to CoRWM's Chair to clarify his relationship with NNC and to ensure that any future involvement with the company "does not involve any conflict of interest."
 
 
 
[[Lynda Warren]] - Director, [[Integrated Decision Management]] International Limited; Associate, [[Integrated Decision Management]] Limited. IDM works for CoRWM.
 
 
 
Jenny Watson - is a senior Human Rights Adviser, Global Partners and Associates, and former Chair, [[Nirex]] Independent Transparency Review Panel.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Ex-Nirex
 
 
 
And Married
 
 
 
==Spinning Nukes==
 
 
 
(CoRWM) has appointed [[Luther Pendragon]] to help it reassure people that nuclear waste is being dealt with [D. Bloch (2005) Luther Pendragon Takes On Nuclear  Waste Brief, PR Week,  12 August, p8].
 
 
 
Grayling PR also lists CoRWM as a client in the [[PRCA Yearbook 2004]]
 

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