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Submarines: Radiation Exposure

Volume 492: debated on Thursday 14 May 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many instances there have been of radioactive leaks from (a) nuclear-armed and (b) conventionally-armed nuclear-powered submarines in each of the last 12 years. (274332)

There have been nine leaks that were potentially radioactive. All these instances involved Ship Submersible Nuclear submarines which are conventionally armed submarines.

The following table shows in which year each instance occurred.

Number

1997

1

2000

1

2004

1

2005

1

2006

1

2007

1

2008

2

2009

1