R v Inspectorate of Pollution and Another ex p Greenpeace Ltd (No 2) [1994] 4 All ER 329

Otton J: This is an application by Greenpeace Ltd for judicial review of a decision by HM Inspectorate of Pollution (HMIP) and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) dated 25 August 1993 to grant applications by British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL) for variations of authorisations under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 (as amended) to discharge radioactive waste from BNFL’s premises at Sellafield, Cumbria, in order to test BNFL’s (new) thermal oxide processing plant (THORP) [the judge dealt with the merits, deciding against Greenpeace and then dealt with the standing issue].