§ 12. Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the current radiation levels in Scottish inshore waters; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownMan-made radiation is only about a quarter of natural radiation in Scottish inshore waters. Concentration of the principal man-made nuclide, caesium 137, is nowhere more than a quarter of 1 per cent. of what is allowable in drinking water under international standards. Plutonium nuclides are so low as to be scarcely detectable.