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Trawsfynydd Power Station

Volume 224: debated on Thursday 6 May 1993

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To ask the President of the Board of Trade what will be the increase in radioactive dosage to the surrounding area involved in the application by Nuclear Electric to set up an incinerator to dispose of contaminated oil at Trawsfynydd power station.

The environmental statement which accompanied the application stated that the increase in radioactive dosage to the most exposed member of the public would be in the region of 0·005 microSieverts per annum. This is equivalent to 0·0002 per cent. of natural background radiation.