Hinkley Point Power Stations

(asked on 7th July 2015) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information she has received from public protection authorities in North Somerset on compliance at Hinckley Point nuclear facilities with the provision of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 requiring the display of public notices warning of areas where pollution is a potential health risk.


Answered by
Andrea Leadsom Portrait
Andrea Leadsom
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 13th July 2015

Local authorities have a responsibility to consider appropriate remediation measures, which could include signage if appropriate, where there is evidence of a potential risk to health in the environment. Local authorities in England are advised by Public Health England in relation to health risks associated with radioactive contamination and by the Environment Agency in respect of appropriate remediation measures.

Operators of all nuclear facilities in England must comply with environmental permits issued by the Environment Agency. The Environment Agency also conducts ongoing independent monitoring of the level of radioactivity in the environment and publishes results annually. There is no indication from this programme of a potential health risk in relation to the nuclear facilities at Hinkley Point.

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