Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 19 June 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the merits of the recommendation by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that IAEA member states should introduce a 30 kilometre radius Urgent Protective Action Planning Zone around licensed nuclear installations.
HM Chief Inspector's Final Fukushima Report recommended that the Nuclear Emergency Planning Liaison Group (NEPLG) should instigate a review of the UK's national nuclear emergency arrangements. The review is examining the practicability and effectiveness of the arrangements for extending countermeasures beyond the existing UK Detailed Emergency Planning Zone (DEPZ) in the event of more serious accidents. The review is also considering the IAEA guidance on preparedness for a nuclear or radiological emergency, which includes consideration of the concepts of an Urgent Protective Action Planning Zone (UPZ) radius.
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