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Date: 8th July 1997
Service: CEEFAX
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Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
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P122 CEEFAX 1 122 Tue 08 Jul 19:42/37 DEWAR RULES OUT WASTE DUMPING INQUIRY An independent inquiry will not be launched into radioactive waste dumped off the west coast of Scotland in the 1950s, the Scottish Secretary has said.In a Commons written reply, Donald Dewar said there "was no merit" in initiating such a move. And he stressed that levels of radioactivity were so low they posed nodanger to human or marine life. The radioactive waste was dumped in Beaufort's Dyke in the Irish Sea. Extra: More political coverage 144Weather 400TV 600Digest 141Next News CBBC Text Environmt Main Menu