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Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of each type of radioactive emission will change at (a) RNAD Coulport and (b) HMNB Clyde in each of the next six years.
The most up to date figures for tritium discharges from Royal Naval Armament Depot (RNAD) Coulport are published annually in Radioactivity in Food and the Environment which the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) co-authors. They are also shown in the following table:
Type
| Annual Gaseous Discharges Gigabecuerel (GBq) | Current Rolling 12 Monthly total SEPA Approved Limit (GBq) | MOD Proposed Annual Limits (GBq) | |||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||
Tritium | 3.400 | 4.510 | 6.050 | 6.950 | 50 | 20 |
These discharges are well within the current limits approved by SEPA. This compares well with tritium gaseous discharges from other sites regulated by SEPA, for example, Hunterston B Nuclear Power Station in 2012 had an annual discharge of 2560 GBq.
Future discharge levels of each type of radioactive discharge from Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, which includes the RNAD Coulport, will depend on the specific activities and operations that take place at those sites, but are expected to be well within the annual limits proposed by the Ministry of Defence which are currently under consideration by SEPA.