HC Deb 05 February 1993 vol 218 cc359-60W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how often his Department conducts sampling of the sulphur-35 radioactive content of bulk milk samples near the Trawsfynydd and Wylfa nuclear plants.

Mr. David Hunt

The food science division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food co-ordinates the monitoring for sulphur-35 activity in milk samples from around Trawsfynydd and Wylfa nuclear power stations on behalf of my Department. Milk samples are collected weekly from certain local farms and are bulk tested every quarter.

Monitoring results show that levels found as a result of discharges from Trawsfynydd and Wylfa nuclear power stations are well within international and national guidelines.

This particular monitoring forms part of a comprehensive programme for monitoring radioactivity levels in food and agricultural products in England and Wales. The results are published annually in the "Terrestrial Radioactivity Monitoring Programme" (TRAMP) reports, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.