§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the assessment of his Department of the effect of radioactive discharges from the Windscale plant of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. on radioactivity levels of the sea along the coast of Northern Wales.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithA marine monitoring programme of radioactive discharges is undertaken by my Department and by the site operators. I am satisfied that no group of individuals living along the coast of North Wales is currently exposed to more than a small fraction of the radiation dose limit recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection as a result of discharges from Sellafield—formerly Windscale—and the nuclear power station at Wylfa.