Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 87173
Radioactive Materials: Shipping
Tabled: 31 October 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025
Question
Siân Berry
Green Party — Brighton Pavilion
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to (a) recover and (b) salvage any consignment of radioactive material in the event of the sinking of a vessel carrying radioactive cargo.
Answer
Emma HardyDefra are the lead government department in England for the recovery from malicious and civil radiological and nuclear incidents. The preparations and response to these incidents is led by the Home Office and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zer...
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