The food standards agency in Scotland has today announced that the changes have made to the rules for seafood sampling to Dounreay nuclear site, the monitor radioactivity. The changes will reduce waste, and to continue to protect the public health and the environment.

Site operator Dounreay site restoration Ltd (DSRL) had informed the Agency, that excess seafood was removed from the restricted zone from sampling in 1997 introduced and applied for a review. In response, the FSA and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) agreed a new process with them. This collected sufficient material for radiological analysis, excess be returned seafood and non-food species for the environment is to.

1997, In the wake of the discovery of the radioactive particles around Dounreay were limited to fish and collect seafood from a zone two kilometers radius at the end of the pipeline liquid discharge Dounreay centered. These restrictions were by the then Scottish Office arrangement under the food and Environment Protection Act 1985 ("FEPA order") created. In order to assess vulnerability to food, one was "sampling consent" published, making the site operator and SEPA to seafood within the FEPA zone.

At the time, there was little information about the particle or the risk that they could be on the food chain. The process was therefore very careful and it was not possible for fish and seafood, which are required for analysis, returned, there was a possibility that this could mean, resettlement radioactively contaminated material into the sea. This by-catch was therefore returned to the country and disposed of in landfills.

According to FEPA name was the extensive research under advice by the independent Dounreay particles Advisory Group of SEPA furnished. This offered a wealth of data about the particles and their changes in the marine environment, so that they now better understood much. With this data, the Agency published a risk assessment in March 2009, that the food chain risk was minimal.

Sampling will be DSRL, crabs and lobster mainly catch is carried out every month by setting the nets. 2010 Was taken over by more than 900 crabs and more than 200 lobster a surplus, end up in height of almost 40 kg of crab and about 30 kg lobster meat into landfills. Only about 10 crab and lobster five every month are enough to provide meat for the analysis.

The revised agreement can all excess animals to the sea is to be returned. These include pregnant animals, animals that are sold to small and non-food species.

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