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This programme looks at the work of the Fisheries Radiobiological Laboratory in connection with the monitoring of low level radioactive discharge into the sea. By looking at the procedures whereby ...samples are collected and monitored, the programme illustrates the complex interaction of scientific, ethical and political questions in a seemingly straightforward inquiry. It also questions the changing role of scientists in political decision-making.
This programme looks at the work of the Fisheries Radiobiological Laboratory in connection with the monitoring of low level radioactive discharge into the sea. By looking at the procedures whereby ...samples are collected and monitored, the programme illustrates the complex interaction of scientific, ethical and political questions in a seemingly straightforward inquiry. It also questions the changing role of scientists in political decision-making.
| Module code and title: | U202, Inquiry |
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| Item code: | U202; 10 |
| Recording date: | 05-06-1980 |
| Published: | 1980 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:32 |
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| Producer: | Roger Penfound |
| Contributors: | Ian Grant; John Hunt; Jan Pentreath; Alan Preston |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Fisheries Radiological Laboratory; Nuclear waste; Radioactive discharge; Windscale |
| Master spool number: | 6HT |
| Production number: | FOUD123L |
| Videofinder number: | 1306 |
| Available to public: | no |
