Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 34820

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

Tabled: 3 March 2025

Answered: 6 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31001 on Veterans: War Pensions, what the minimum recordable level of radiation dose is for establishing radiation exposure.

Answer

Al Carns

Exposure to a measurable level of ionising radiation is determined by a radiological dosimetry specialist report. Specialist reports are obtained from Defence Radiation and Protection Services and Atomic Weapons Establishment as they hold the relevant rec...

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