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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. McGrady: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times OSPAR Radioactive Substances Committee met between the OSPAR Conference in Sintra in July 1998 and 31 May 2003; how many reports the Committee published; what the subject matters addressed by the Committee were; and if he will make a statement. [120113] Mr. Morley: The Radioactive Substances Committee (formally the Working Group on Radioactive Substances) has met on six occasions since the OSPAR Conference in Sintra in July 1998 to discuss matters relating to the implementation of the OSPAR Strategy for Radioactive Substances. Copies of the Summary Records of the RSC meetings are available on the OSPAR website at: www.ospar.org The Committee has published eight reports since 1998, as follows: Liquid Discharges from Nuclear Installations in 1996. ISBN 0 946955 85 9, published 1998; Summary of the Report on Sources, Inputs and Temporal Trends on Radioactive Discharges from Nuclear Installations for the years 1989 to 1995. ISBN number as above, published 1998; Liquid Discharges from Nuclear Installations in 1997. ISBN 0 946955 91 3, published 1999; Summary of the Reports Submitted in the Second Round of Implementation Reporting in Accordance with PARCOM Recommendation 91/4. ISBN number as above, published 1999; Liquid Discharges from Nuclear Installations in 1998. ISBN 0 946955 97 2, published 2001; Liquid Discharges from Nuclear Installations in 1999. ISBN 0 946956 63 4, published 2001; Liquid Discharges from Nuclear Installations in 2000. ISBN 0 946956 91 X, published 2002; and Discharges of Radioactive Substances into the Maritime Area by Non-nuclear Industry. ISBN 0 946956 90 1, published 2002.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

120113; 407 c766-7W;407 c770-1W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Publications Radioactive waste Nuclear power stations Radioactive materials Seas and oceans OSPAR Commission OSPAR Radioactive Substances Committee

Link

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