Written question asked by Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party) on Friday, 30 November 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 December 2018. It was answered by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 December 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Navy: Radiation Exposure
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether radiation checks are carried out on submariners at the end of a tour of duty.
- Answer
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All Royal Navy submariners wear occupational dosimeters while serving on submarines and assessments of occupational radiation exposure are routinely carried out for all submariners employed on operational submarines. This is as required by regulation 36 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017, which are available at:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/radiation/ionising/
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- 2017-19
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- Radiation exposure Navy Testing Submarines
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