§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what efforts have been made by his Department to date to provide information to the general public on(a) issuing early warnings of radiation hazards, (b) the early identification and cordoning-off of contaminated areas, (c) medical screening and decontamination of those contaminated with plutonium and (d) the restoration to safe use of contaminated land and buildings in the event of a nuclear weapon transportation accident in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. AitkenThe Public Information for Radiation Emergencies Regulations 1992 require that prior information be supplied to members of the public who are likely to be in an area in which they are liable to be affected by a reasonably foreseeable radiation emergency. In the case of nuclear weapon transport, the likelihood of an accident affecting any individual member of the public is so extremely remote that prior supply of information is not required.