HC Deb 01 February 1988 vol 126 c474W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when the first official mention was made of the release of polonium 210 in the 1957 Windscale fire, giving details of the source, date and place of publication.

Mr. Michael Spicer

Two reports which referred to polonium were produced by Atomic Energy Authority employees in 1958. The references are as followsStewart N. G. and Crooks R. A., Long-Range Travel of the Radioactive Cloud from the Accident at Windscale. Nature vol. 182 no. 4636 pp627–628. Dunstar H. J., Howells H. and Templeton W. L., District Surveys following the Windscale Accident, October 1957. Proc 2nd UN Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy vol. 18 pp296–308 (1958).