§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what stores of radioprotective prophylaxes are kept for public use in the event of a radiation accident at a nuclear power facility; which prophylaxes they are; and what instructions, if any, his Department has given to public health authorities about the use of these substances.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergStores of potassium iodate tablets are held locally either at the nuclear sites or police stations, hospitals or other appropriate locations near the site. Local arrangements for holding the tablets and for their issue are set out in emergency plans that each nuclear installation maintains as a condition of the nuclear site licence. These plans are prepared in consultation with local health authorities.