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Nuclear Weapons: Testing

Asked by Emma LewellLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 18 December 2024UIN 20126

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to (a) review and (b) update the National Radiological Protection Board report published on 4 January 1988.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne

The National Radiological Protection Board report that was published in 1988 has been updated a further three times. The publications are available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-weapons-test-participants-study/reference-papers-and-reports

A summary of the fourth analysis published in 2022 is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-weapons-test-participants-study/plan-for-the-fourth-analysis-of-the-nuclear-weapons-test-participants-study

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