HC Deb 27 January 1976 vol 904 cc134-5W
Mr. Viggers

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the seven Ministry of Defence units or establishments in the Gosport and Portsmouth areas which are authorised to dispose of radioactive waste as referred to in the answer to the hon. Member for Gosport's Question dated 12th January 1976.

Mr. William Rodgers

The Ministry of Defence authorities in question are as follows: HMS "Collingwood"; HMS "Phoenix"; HMS "Sultan"; HM Dockyard, Portsmouth; RN Hospital, Haslar; the Institute of Naval Medicine, Alverstoke; and the REME Workshop, Hillsea.

Mr. Viggers

asked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the Ministry of Defence units or establishments which have disposed of radioactive waste at the site at Sandihills Road, Gosport;

(2) if he will list the disposals giving dates and quantities of radioactive waste which have been made at the site at Sandihills Road, Gosport.

Mr. William Rodgers

As the local authorities have been informed, the Ministry of Defence establishments permitted by the Department of the Environment to make disposals of radioactive waste at the site named are the Institute of Naval Medicine, Alverstoke, and the RN Hospital, Haslar. Disposals have been as follows:

On 16th December 1971, 0.3 cu. metres containing 100 microcuries of radioactivity.

On 23th August 1974, 0.8 cu. metres containing 210 microcuries.

On 7th February 1975, 0.2 cu. metres containing 45 microcuries.

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