Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 80777

Devonport Dockyard: Radioactive Waste

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Adrian Ramsay

Green PartyWaveney Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether nuclear waste is due to be offloaded at Devonport.

Answer

Luke Pollard
Yes. The offload of radioactive materials at Devonport predominantly occurs through the maintenance, upkeep or refit work on our in-service submarines or the removal of radioactive materials from decommissioned submarines stored at Devonport. All such mat...

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