§ Mr. Wallaceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all types of radioactive isotopes traced at monitoring points in the United Kingdom by the National Radiological Protection Board since 1 May.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe following radioactive isotopes have been detected at monitoring stations in the United Kingdom since 1 May 1986.
Iodine-131, Iodine-132, Ruthenium-103 Caesium-134, Caesium-136, Caesium-137, Tellurium-132, Barium-140, Molybdenum-99, Niobium-95 and Zirconium-95.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will ask the National Radiological Protection Board to make it its policy to publish the normal background radiation figures whenever publishing current readings.
§ Mr. WaldegraveRelating levels of radiation and radioactivity to normal and natural background levels is not always practicable. When it is the National Radiological Protection Board does so.
§ Mr. Formanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has received any advice from the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee on the report of the Environment Committee on radioactive waste.
§ Mr. WaldegraveYes. I have received a letter from the chairman of RWMAC and have placed copies in the Library and the Vote Office.