HC Deb 09 May 2002 vol 385 c272W
Mr. Carmichael

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much technetium has been discharged from Sellafield in each year since 1992.[53650]

Margaret Beckett

Annual discharges of technetium-99 to sea from BNFL Sellafield since 1992 were as follows:

Year Discharge in terabecquerels (TBq)
1992 3.2
1993 6.1
1994 75
1995 190
1996 150
1997 84
1998 53
1999 69
2000 44
2001 79

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