§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy in what form stocks of potassium iodide tablets, potassium iodate tablets and aqueous iodine Lugol's solution, are held; and what are the doses in which each of these forms are to be administered to adults and children in the event of excessive radiation exposure.
§ Mr. GoodladStocks are held by operators mainly in the form of potassium iodate tablets and would be administered on their instruction in accordance with medical advice.
§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish details of the system by which stocks of iodine will be administered to the population in the event of an emergency; and whether it is proposed that such administration will be prior to or after people have been exposed to excessive levels of radioiodines.
§ Mr. GoodladThe system is set out in the Health and Safetyh Executive's booklet "Emergency Plans for Civil Nuclear Installations".