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Radiation (Cornwall)

Volume 168: debated on Wednesday 28 February 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of properties surveyed by the National Radiological Protection Board in each Cornwall district is over the newly declared safety level; and whether the owners of those properties have been informed of the new safety advice.

The percentage of private and council houses surveyed by the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) in each Cornwall district with radon concentrations above the new action level are as follows:

Percentage
Caradon27
Carrick23
Kerrier45
North Cornwall34
Penwith42
Restormel27
The NRPB is writing to all householders whose survey revealed concentrations of between 200 and 400 bq m —

3 to inform them of the change in the action level.