§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what action the Nuclear Industries Directorate has taken to investigate the effects of radiation from liquid discharges into the Irish Sea from the Sellafield plant. [45865]
§ Mr. Battle[holding answer 17 June 1998]The Nuclear Industries Directorate of my Department has no role in this matter. Monitoring in the Irish Sea, and elsewhere, and investigations into the effects of discharges is carried out by BNFL, the operators of the Sellafield plant. Independent monitoring and investigations are also carried out by the Environment Agency (who are responsible to DETR) who regulate the level of discharges, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.