Veterans: Radiation Exposure
Commons · Question 34820 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31001 on Veterans: War Pensions, what the minimum recordable level of radiation dose is for establishing radiation exposure.
Answer
Answered by Al Carns, 6 Mar 2025
Exposure to a measurable level of ionising radiation is determined by a radiological dosimetry specialist report. Specialist reports are obtained from Defence Radiation and Protection Services and Atomic Weapons Establishment as they hold the relevant rec...