United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 217319
Nuclear Weapons: Transport
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5 December 2014
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15 December 2014 · Answer
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Transport
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15 December 2014
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports his Department's Nuclear Accident and Response Organisation has produced on accidents involving the (a) road transport, (b) air transport and (c) sea shipment of nuclear weapons within, into and from
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5 December 2014
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports his Department's Nuclear Accident and Response Organisation has produced on accidents involving the (a) road transport, (b) air transport and (c) sea shipment of nuclear weapons within, into and from
Source: Commons
15 December 2014
Answer
Definitions of the term accident have evolved over time but the term is not currently used by the MOD for nuclear weapons transportation. The nearest current equivalent is 'a Safety Alert', which is defined (in the Joint Services Publication 471) as "...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2014-12-05/217319
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/168225
- uk · wq-168225 · source updated 15 December 2014