Written question asked by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 18 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 January 2009. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Monday, 12 January 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Nuclear Weapons: Testing
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason his Department commissioned an exercise to decontaminate the atomic test sites on Kiritimati in 2005.
- Answer
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Work on Kiritimati Island was commissioned in response to a request from the Government of Kiribati for the removal of the military waste (not necessarily decontamination) resulting from military activity during the 1950s and 1960s.
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- 486 c107W; 246872
- Session
- 2008-09
- Subjects
- Contamination Nuclear weapons Testing Christmas Island
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