CONTAMINATION OF THE RIVER RIBBLE

That this House is alarmed by the findings of the Friends of the Earth report Profits Before Safety into radioactive discharges from the British Nuclear Fuel's Springfield Works; believes that BNFL is failing to comply with its legal obligations by not employing discharge reduction technologies; condemns BNFL for its refusal to make public its technical justification for not employing reduction technology; calls upon Her Majesty's Government to revoke BNFL's new authorisation and prevent resumption of discharges until BNFL has employed technology to reduce the discharges using the best practicable means; urges BNFL to only process uranium ore concentrates from low-thorium sources; and requests that the Minister of Agriculture perform an urgent habitat survey in the area within 10 kilometres radius of the Springfield Works as well as undertaking a full monitoring survey to identify the full extent of contamination along the River Ribble.