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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...