§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 15 January,Official Report, column 608, on nuclear research at the royal arsenal, Woolwich, what was the nature of the early research; what was the origin of the contamination currently being restored at the Woolwich garrison; and whether any nuclear research or storage of radioactive materials currently takes place at either site.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonDuring the early 1950s some classified research work was carried out at the royal arsenal, Woolwich. The soil contamination at the Woolwich garrison arises from former luminising operations carried out as part of the maintenance of military equipment. No nuclear research is currently being carried out at either site. Apart from the temporary storage, at the garrison, of waste arising from the removal of the contaminated soil, no radioactive materials are stored at either site.