Nuclear Weapons: Emergencies
(asked on 9th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the name, date and location is of each nuclear weapons accident response exercise which (a) has taken place or is planned in 2015 and (b) is scheduled for 2016.
The names, dates and locations of nuclear weapons accident response exercises that have taken place or are scheduled between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2016 are provided below:
Exercises Conducted (1 Jan 2015 to present)
| Date | Location |
Senator Slick | March 2015 | Suffolk |
Orange Eagle | June 2015 | Berkshire |
Osmosis | July 2015 | Suffolk |
Open Isotope | July 2015 | Suffolk |
Diamond Dragon | July 2015 | Suffolk |
Exercises Scheduled (present to 31 Dec 2016)
| Date | Location |
Astral Climb / Osmosis | November 2015 | Nottinghamshire |
Orange Eagle | March 2016 | Berkshire |
Osmosis | June 2016 | Dumfries & Galloway |
Open Isotope | June 2016 | Dumfries & Galloway |
Astral Climb | June 2016 | Dumfries & Galloway |
Astral Bend / Osmosis | September 2016 | Oxfordshire |
Open Isotope | September 2016 | Oxfordshire |