HC Deb 06 June 1990 vol 173 c656W
Mr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what dangers were posed to the work force and local public in Caithness by the sodium leak at Dounreay nuclear power development establishment on 26 April.

Mr. Lang

There was no danger to either the work force or the general public from the incident at Dounreay on 24 April.

Mr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what considerations lay behind the decision not to make public the leak of sodium at Dounreay nuclear power development establishment on 26 April.

Mr. Lang

I understand that the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority included information about the incident which had occurred at Dounreay on the previous day in the site newsletter which was issued on 25 April, copies of which were deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.