Mr. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make available to the committee on the medical aspects of radiation in the environment a complete and unabridged record of all known radioactive discharges, both intentional and otherwise, at the Aldermaston and Burghfield atomic weapons plants to assist the committee on the medical aspects of radiation in the environment in its investigations; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. SainsburyDuring the last year my Department provided to the National Radiological Protection Board a complete record on an annual basis of the airborne and liquid radioactive discharges from the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston and the Royal Ordnance Factory at Burghfield, since their inception NRPB have used this information to estimate doses and risks to members of the public from the discharges. These have been made available to the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Radiation in the environment and were recently published in NRPB R-202.