Written question asked by Lord Fearn (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 13 December 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 May 2001. It was answered by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Friday, 11 May 2001 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much radioactive nuclear waste was (a) pumped and (b) dumped into the Irish Sea in (i) 1970 to 1979, (ii) 1980 to 1989, (iii) 1990 to 1999 and (iv) 2000 to date. - Includes ref to Government reports on radioactivity in the marine environment, 'Radioactivity in Food and the Environment', copy in Library (Dep 01/821) and at 1 July 1997 at 297 c158-60W, 30 July 1997 at 299 c322-4W and 24 November 1997 at 301 c409-10W.
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Mr. Fearn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much radioactive nuclear waste was (a) pumped and (b) dumped into the Irish Sea in (i) 1970 to 1979, (ii) 1980 to 1989, (iii) 1990 to 1999 and (iv) 2000 to date. [143160] Mr. Meacher: Annual discharge data for the years 1970 to 1994, for nuclear sites in the UK, are contained in Government reports on radioactivity in the marine environment as follows: Radiobiological Laboratory Technical Report, Radioactivity in Surface and Coastal Waters of the British Isles, MAFF. Annual publication, 1966-1976. Aquatic Environment Monitoring Report, Radioactivity in Surface and Coastal Waters of the British Isles, MAFF. Annual publication, 1977-1994. I am arranging for copies of these reports to be placed in the Libraries of the House. Data for the years 1995 to 1999 are contained in the annual publication "Radioactivity in Food and the Environment", copies of which are in the House of Commons Library. Data for 2000 will be published in due course. I am commissioning work to be done on collating this information in the form requested. The UK ceased all sea dumping of radioactive waste from 1982. The issue of dumping of radioactive waste in Beaufort's Dyke and other parts of the Irish Sea prior to that date was addressed by the then Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Rooker), his answers of 1 July 1997, Official Report, columns 158-60W, 30 July 1997, Official Report, columns 322-24W, and 24 November 1997, Official Report, columns 409-10W.
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- Radioactive waste Waste disposal Irish Sea
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