§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the locations of the nuclear(a) out-stations and (b) central control units funded by his Department that monitor background radiation; and what other types of monitoring they are responsible for.
§ Mr. YeoI have been asked to reply. Background radiation in terms of gamma radiation dose rates is monitored by the radioactive incident monitoring network —RIMNET—operated by the Department of the Environment. The system currently has monitoring stations at:
System upgrade work, nearing completion, will increase the total number of RIMNET monitoring stations to 92. Its control centre is located at the Department's headquarters in Marsham street, London.
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