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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many prosecutions of BNFL have occurred since 1 May 1997 excluding ongoing cases; on what date; and for what offence. [221676] Mr. Mike O'Brien: BNFL has been subject to the following prosecutions since 1 May 1997. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date of hearing Offences 26 September 1997 Discharge of Caustic Soda into River Calder at Sellafield Water Resources Act 1991 sections 85 (i) and 85 (vi) Environmental Protection Act 1990 sections 6 (i), 23 (i) and 23 (ii) Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 section 4 (i) Authorisation Number AS5601 Conditions 1.1 and 1.4 2 September 1998 Solvent release into River Ribble at Springfields Failure to comply with Condition 1.4 Integrated Pollution Control Authorisation AS4494 Failure to comply with Condition 3.2 of the said authorisation 2 June 2000 Nitric Acid Spill at Sellafield Health and Safety at Work Act 1974--section 2(1) and 33(1)(a) 20 September 2000 Breach of Site Discharge Authorisation at Chapelcross Radioactive Substances Act 5 October 2000 Failing to comply with Improvement Notice (s33 HSWA) Failing to leak test radioactive source (Reg. 27 IRR '99) Failing to account for radioactive sources 2 (Reg. 28 IRR '99) 5 April 2001 Failing to register as a user of Mobile Radioactive Apparatus (s9 RSA '93)--BNFL Sellafield Failure to register radioactive material (sources) (s6 RSA '93) at Barrow Marine Terminal 6 March 2002 Contamination event--Sellafield Regulation 8, Ionising Radiation Regulations 1999 Regulation 7, Ionising Radiation Regulations 1999 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (section 3 (1), section 33 (1)(a) and section 33 (1a) 29 March 2003 Arm injury to employee--Sellafield Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 sections 33 (1)(a) and 33 (1a) 30 January 2004 Dive Boat Incident--Sellafield Health and Safety at Work Act 1974--section 2 27 May 2004 Calder Hall--unsuitable floor Regulation 12(1) of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 Section 33(1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c670-2W; 221676

Session

2004-05

Subjects

British Nuclear Fuels Prosecutions

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