§ 28. Mr. Dalyellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the emission of radioactive caesium from Sellafield, now creating pollution off Greenland.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe radioactive caesium from fallout present in Arctic waters makes it extremely difficult to measure accurately the very low levels of caesium which can be attributed to Sellafield discharges. Such levels are in any case radiologically insignificant and are mainly of interest scientifically in providing useful information about water movements.
Discharges of radioactive caesium from Sellafield are, of course, subject to a strict control system, based on the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, which form the basis of radiological protection in virtually every country throughout the world.