§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement in respect of the nuclear dust storm warning issued on 27 March for the Towyn area.
§ Mr. GristI have been asked to reply.
A mini instrument environmental radiation meter type 6-80 was used to measure external radiation in Towyn and samples of sediment were analysed using a nuclear data high resolution germanium gamma spectrometer. The NRPB's assessment of the impact of the radioactivity in the sediment on the public took into consideration the inhalation of windblown dust and concluded that the resulting doses were only a small fraction of natural background radiation.