§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in theOfficial Report the upper quartile range of maximum radiation doses rates sustained by workers at (a) the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston, (b) Plymouth, Devonport and (c) Rosyth for each of the last five years for which figures are available.
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§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe figures requested are given in tables 1 and 2, based on the interpretation of upper quartile as the range of doses to which the most highly exposed 25 per cent. of the workers are subjected. The lowest dose of the upper quartile range cannot be readily identified for the royal dockyards (table 1) due to the way the figures are compiled. Both for AWE and the royal dockyards, however, the vast majority of exposures are much less than 15mSv.
Table 1 Uppermost Quartite Data for Exposures to External Irradiation for the Royal Dockyards, including data for workers of the Contractors (Devonport Management Ltd. and Babcock Thorn) after 1987 Year Dose Range (mSv) 1985 <15–50 1986 <15–40 1987 <15–55 1988 <15–30 1989 <15–50
Table 2 AWE Uppermost Quartile Data for Exposures to External Irradiation Year Dose Range (mSv) 1984 0.7–15 1985 0.8–20 1986 0.8–15 1987 0.7–15 1988 0.8–10