Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation 5: Independent person on radiological standards advice
From Windscale Inquiry — Final Report, published 26 January 1978.
Recommendation
Consideration should be given to the inclusion of some wholly independent person or body with environmental interests in the system for advising central government on the fixing of radiological protection standards. That person or body should probably be changed from time to time (para 10.111).
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 94
Reference: 17.8 (5)
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.
Recommendation made
48.8 years ago