HC Deb 24 October 1989 vol 158 cc379-80W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when Her Majesty's Government received from the International Atomic Energy Agency a copy of the IAEA report, drafted by the Soviet Union, on the accident in 1957 at the nuclear facility at Kyshtym; what new information relevant to the United Kingdom is included in the report; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

Mr. Michael Spicer

The IAEA's report on a radiological accident in the southern Urals on 29 September 1957, provided by the State Committee on the

actual construction would take; and what is the latest date at which a decision could be taken to start the construction in April 1991.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

[holding answer 23 October 1989]: Construction of the M4 Baglan-Lonlas section of the M4 is planned as three separate schemes as follows:

Utilisation of Atomic Energy, was issued on 28 July 1989. It contains interesting information on radiation exposure and monitoring, but nothing which requires changes to present United Kingdom monitoring arrangements. I am arranging for a copy to be placed in the Library.

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