Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 88124
Radioactive Materials: Shipping
Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 11 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) contain, (b) clean up and (c) remediate radioactivity in the (i) air and (ii) sea as a result of (A) potential incidents and (B) accidents involvin
Answer
Emma HardyDefra is the lead Government department for remediating releases of radiological and nuclear materials in England. Containment of the source may be possible but would depend on a wide range of factors. If radioactive contamination from the air or sea was ...
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