Written Question · S1W-11950 · Session 1
Whether it will make any additional resources available for environmental monitoring of radioactive output in the Faslane area following an…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make any additional resources available for environmental monitoring of radioactive output in the Faslane area following any privatisation of the servicing, repair and monitoring of the nuclear facilities at the Faslane Naval Base and what these resources will be.
The answer
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) already carries out a monitoring programme of radioactivity in the Scottish environment covering all major nuclear facilities, including Faslane. The scope of the monitoring is determined by criteria such as the amount of radioactivity discharged and the potential environmental impact of the discharge.SEPA's monitoring programme is kept under review to identify where further monitoring may be required as a consequence of changes in operating practices which may affect radioactive discharges.Any additional monitoring costs which SEPA might incur as a result of the change of ownership of a nuclear site would fall to be recovered from the site operator.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-11950 by reference.