§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if Her Majesty's Government have received the report prepared for the520W Irish Government on the radiological and environmental implications of the disposal in the Irish Sea of radioactive waste arising from United Kingdom sources, published in January 2000. [107511]
§ Mr. MeacherMy Department has received a copy of the report prepared by the Irish Task Force on the Dumping of Radioactive Material in the Maritime Area.
The Irish report supports the findings of the UK National Radiological Protection Board's report "Assessment of the Radiological Implications of Dumping in Beaufort's Dyke and Other Coastal Waters from the 1950s" (November 1997). It concludes that the potential radiation doses from the dumped material are well below those considered significant for radiological protection purposes.