§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what measurements are made of radioactive contamination of the River Ribble in Preston; and what have been the most recent measurements.
§ Mr. BaldryLevels of radioactivity in the River Ribble are monitored by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution, by my Department, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and British Nuclear Fuels plc. The most recent results are published in the inspectorate's "Environmental Monitoring Programme Report for 1989 on the environmental impact of authorised discharges of radioactive wastes in England and Wales" and the Ministry's "Aquatic Environment Monitoring Report Number 23, Radioactivity in Surface and Coastal Waters of the British Isles, 1989", both of which are available in the Library of the House. British Nuclear Fuels also publishes results in an annual report entitled "Radioactive Discharges and Monitoring of the Environment", the most recent of which is for 1990.