Policy paper

UK strategy for radioactive discharges: 2018 review of the 2009 strategy

Review of the UK Strategy for Radioactive Discharges, showing UK progress against the strategy outcomes and OSPAR objectives.

From:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
22 June 2018
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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皇冠体育app UK is a signatory to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic (the 鈥極SPAR Convention鈥�). 皇冠体育app OSPAR Convention identifies threats to the marine environment and organises programmes and measures designed to ensure effective national action to combat them. One of the key work areas of OSPAR is on radioactive substances.

皇冠体育app 2009 Radioactive Discharges Strategy alongside the , aims to prevent pollution of the OSPAR maritime area (the North East Atlantic) from radiation through progressive and substantial reductions of discharges, emissions and losses of radioactive substances.

皇冠体育app 2018 Review shows the UK is making good progress towards achieving the outcomes in the 2009 strategy, and that the UK is contributing towards meeting the objectives of the OSPAR strategy.

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