§ Mr. George FoulkesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the latest figures for principal discharges of liquid radioactive waste from United Kingdom nuclear establishments for 1987 and 1988 in the form of table 1 of the report on "Radioactivity in Surface and Coastal Waters of the British Isles", published by the directorate of fisheries research.
§ Mr. Donald Thompson[holding answer 30 January 1989]: The 1987 figures for principal discharges of liquid radioactive waste from United Kingdom nuclear establishments were published in the form requested by my Ministry last October in a report entitled "Radioactivity in Surface and Coastal Waters of the British Isles, 1987". A copy of the report was placed in the Library of the House at that time. Figures for 1988 will be published later this year.
Region Linear Accelerators Cobalt Units Orthovoltage Units Afterloading Units Total East Anglian 5 3 5 4 17 Mersey 5 0 3 2 10 North East Thames 10 9 14 4 37 Northern 5 3 4 5 17 North-Western 6 1 1 3 11 North-West Thames 7 10 13 3 33 Oxford 3 4 7 0 14 South-East Thames 4 11 17 6 38 South-West Thames 1 3 3 not known 7 South-Western 9 6 13 5 33 Trent 9 4 11 4 28 West Midlands 8 7 10 3 28 Wessex 8 1 8 2 19 Yorkshire 5 3 3 3 14 Special Health Authorities 9 5 6 3 23 94 70 118 47 329
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information is available to him on the costs of
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