Nick Harvey
Liberal Democrat, North Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the name, date and location is of each nuclear weapons accident response exercise which (a) took place in 2013 and (b) is scheduled for 2014.
Andrew Murrison
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
Information on the names, dates and locations of nuclear weapons accident response exercises which took place in 2013 and provisional dates for exercises scheduled for 2014 is provided in the following tables:
| Exercises conducted in 2013 | ||
| Date | Location | |
| Orange Eagle | 15 to 19 April 2013 | Bramley Military Training Area |
| Sitex (A) | 8 June 2013 | AWE Aldermaston |
| Orange Eagle | 5 to 9 August 2013 | AWE Aldermaston |
| Osmosis 13 | 23 to 26 September 2013 | RAF Honington |
| Open Isotope | 27 to 29 September 2013 | RAF Honington |
| Astral Climb 13 | 24 October 2013 | RAF Dishforth |
| Astral Bend 13 | 5 to 6 November 2013 | RNAS Merryfield |
| Aldex | 7 November 2013 | AWE Aldermaston |
| Exercises scheduled for 2014 | ||
| Date | Location | |
| Orange Eagle | March 2014 | Berkshire |
| Bowline 14 | May 2014 | Scotland |
| Astral Bend 14 | June 2014 | Pembrokeshire |
| Astral Climb 14 | September 2014 | Gloucester |
| Osmosis 14 | September 2014 | Gloucester |
| Open Isotope | September 2014 | Gloucester |
| Orange Eagle | November 2014 | Hampshire |
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