Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what specific safety assessment has been made of the accident consequences of the Admiralty nuclear research and demonstration reactor at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonReassessments of the consequences of an accident involving the nuclear reactor at the Royal Naval college, Greenwich, are conducted regularly. The most recent assessment, which was carried out in January 1989, concluded that it was difficult to conceive of any accident involving this extremely small reactor which would necessitate countermeasures outside a range of 50 metres. Nevertheless it is our policy to practice contingency arrangements for more severe accidents, however remote the chances of them occurring may be.