HC Deb 24 July 1989 vol 157 c559W
Mr. O'Neill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much intermediate-level nuclear waste produced by submarine refits was dumped at sea prior to 1983.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 13 July 1989]: Sea dumping of intermediate-level nuclear waste prior to 1983 was carried out under a licence issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. No differentiation was made between ILW produced by the Ministry of Defence as a result of submarine refits and that arising from other sources.