Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what radiation remediation works have so far been carried out at Dalgety Bay; what further works are planned ;and when the works are expected to be complete.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Ministry of Defence, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and Fife Council continue to work together to implement the agreed Management Strategy for the long-term management of radium contamination at Dalgety Bay.
Remediation is due to physically begin in April 2020 and be completed in September of the same year. The second phase of work is planned to begin in April 2021 and be completed in September 2021. Work cannot take place outside of these periods due to the disturbance that may be caused to wintering birds.
Nov. 08 2017
Source Page: UK Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment 3: supporting documentsFound: scale (Nigg Bay), historical disposal of radioactive material (Dalgety Bay), research establishments
Mentions:
1: Mary Creagh (LAB - Wakefield) 300,000 hectares of UK soil are contaminated with toxins, including lead, nickel, tar, asbestos and radioactive - Speech Link
2: Mike Weir (SNP - Angus) because in many periods, specifically in the immediate post-war period, old aircraft were dismantled and waste - Speech Link
3: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) the lead Department, but the proposed feedstock restrictions will help to deliver our objectives of waste - Speech Link
May. 28 2015
Source Page: Environment Agency review of LLW Repository Ltd’s environmental safety caseFound: as non - radioactive contami nants in waste streams are not generally as well characterised as
May. 28 2015
Source Page: Environment Agency review of LLW Repository Ltd’s environmental safety caseFound: A key expectation of an organisation disposing of radioactive waste is that it maintains a positive
Oct. 16 2014
Source Page: Strategy for the management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) waste in the United KingdomFound: Strategy for the management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) waste in the United Kingdom
May. 19 2014
Source Page: Radium contamination in the area around Dalgety BayFound: Radium contamination in the area around Dalgety Bay
Mentions:
1: Gordon Brown (LAB - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) responsibility for the safe disposal of the long-standing radiation waste at Dalgety Bay. - Speech Link
2: Gordon Brown (LAB - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) have been revealed by the MOD, including Dalgety Bay. - Speech Link
Dec. 05 2013
Source Page: Minutes: CoRWM Plenary, November 2013Found: The Chair reflected on the meeting between the Radioactive Waste Management Directorate of the NDA
Mentions:
1: Gordon Brown (LAB - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) I rise to raise an issue—radiation contamination in Dalgety Bay in my Fife constituency—that I have raised - Speech Link
2: Andrew Murrison (CON - South West Wiltshire) Gentleman also went on to draw comparison between Aberdeen and Dalgety Bay based on a 1995 study that - Speech Link
3: Andrew Murrison (CON - South West Wiltshire) I personally look forward to visiting Dalgety Bay in the very near future, and I look forward to further - Speech Link