Nuclear Installations (Cancer)

HC Deb 16 June 1994 vol 244 cc655-6W

Mr. Richards

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the findings of the investigation into the incidence of cancer around Trawsfynydd and Wylfa nuclear installations.

Mr. Redwood

I have today published the report of an investigation into the incidence of cancer around Trawsfynydd and Wylfa nuclear installations over the period 1974 to 1986. I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Library of the House.

The report gives the results of a statistical analysis of the incidence of seven groups of cancer near to the two installations. The results have been examined by the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment, which concluded that the study demonstrates that there is no association between the incidence of the cancers studied and residence near Wylfa and Trawsfynydd nuclear installations.

In the light of COMARE's conclusions and advice I do not propose any further investigation of the incidence of cancer in the vicinity of Trawsfynydd and Wylfa nuclear installations. The full text of the committee's advice is as follows.