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Nuclear Radiation
The Metropolitan Water Board gives, with its monthly report on the state of the water
coming into public supply, a short notice of the radioactivity as estimated by the Board's
Laboratory Staff, and also records the reports of the Atomic Energy Authority on the
radioactive content of outfalls into the Thames from the nuclear reactors. No abnormal
increase occurred during 1963.
The Radio Active Substances Act (1960) provided for the central registration and control
of the keeping and use of radioactive materials and the disposal of radioactive waste,
and enabled the central authority to notify local authorities of the existence of registered
premises within their boundaries. No notifications of this nature have yet been received in
the Public Health Department.
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