§ Mr. Llewellyn SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what papers have been published(a) in referred journals and (b) as departmental monographs on the health impact on observers of British atmospheric nuclear weapons tests since 1990; and if he will place copies of each in the Library. [79967]
§ Dr. MoonieIn December 1993 the report was published of a study carried out by the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) on behalf of the Ministry of Defence entitledMortality and Cancer Incidence 1952–1990 in UK Participants in the UK Atmospheric Nuclear Weapon Tests and Experimental Programmes. Findings from the study were published after peer review in the British Medical Journal, Volume 307, pages 1530–5, dated December 1993. A copy of the NRPB report is already available in the Library of the House.
The MOD has not published any monographs on this subject.