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Written question asked by Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 2 April 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 April 2019. It was answered by Stuart Andrew (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 April 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Dounreay

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety incidents were recorded in each of the last ten years of operation of the naval reactor test establishment at Dounreay.

Answer

In each of the last ten years of operation (from 2006 to 2015), no nuclear safety incidents have been recorded at the nuclear reactor test establishment at Dounreay.

The Ministry of Defence is using the definition of an "incident" as that meeting Level 1 of the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INRS). The International Atomic Energy Agency established the INRS as an international standard to define the severity of nuclear accidents.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
240027
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Radiation exposure Submarines Dounreay Nuclear reactors
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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