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What action he is taking with respect to reports of increased levels of technetium (TC-99) in seafood collected along the Cumbrian coast. - Inc figs.
What action he is taking with respect to reports of increased levels of technetium (TC-99) in seafood collected along the Cumbrian coast. - Inc figs.
Asked by
Lord Cunningham of Felling
(Labour)
Answered by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
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Written questions
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For answer on
17 December 1996
Answered on
17 December 1996
Dr. John Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action he is taking with respect to reports of increased
levels of technetium (TC-99) in seafood collected along the Cumbrian coast; and if he will make a statement. [9656]
Mr. Clappison: All discharges from Sellafield to the Irish sea, including technetium-99, are regulated by means of authorisations
granted by the Environment Agency.
British Nuclear Fuels has applied to the agency for a 25 per cent. reduction in the authorised discharge limits for technetium-99
from Sellafield, lowering it from 200 terabecquerels per year to 150 TBq per year. In addition, the company proposes to set as an
internal working target an average discharge of 100 TBq per year.
The proposed reduction in the limit is contained in an application to the Environment Agency for a variation to the certificate of
authorisation under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 to dispose of liquid waste from premises on the Sellafield site. Proposals
by the Environment Agency to vary the authorisation will be the subject of public consultation.
Subjects
British Nuclear Fuels; Cumbria; Pollution; Pollution control; Radioactive materials; Seas and oceans; Sellafield; Seafood
Date
17 December 1996
Reference
9656; 287 c545W
House
House of Commons