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No 72/31

NUCLEAR FALLOUT MONITORING

(Statement by;,the:.Minister for Supply,, the. Hon. R.V. Garland, MP)

Making his third report since the commencement of the latest

series of French nuclear tests, the Minister for Supply (Mr R.V. Garland).

said in Canberra today. (8'August) ,:that data collected from the monitoring network Ã¢ÂÂ¢ established , by the'Atomic Weapons Tests Safety Committee (A4vTSC),up,

to Monday 7,August 197? from samples taken 4-6 days previously) showed that :. the levels: of radioactive fallout over Australia were no higher than those

reported in his previous statement of 20 July 1972 - generally less+than

1/100 of those observed in Australia from previous French Test.

These;data 'now include measurements of fallout from the second'

explosion in the series.

Mr Garland said that fresh fission products from 'the present series

became evident at a'very low level in fallout over Australia about 15 July

as expected, the monitoring program.has not yet recorded fallout from the

third explosion in the aeries, believed Ã¢ÂÂ¢to have occurred on 28 July 1972.

Current monitoring of fallout from the recent French tests'has so

far shown no evidence of iodine 131 in the major milk supplies.

All data from the,AWTSC's monitoring programs are being made .available progressively' to,the National Radiation Advisory Committee for' evaluation.

Mr Garland stressed that the measurements obtained by the AWTSC

showed that the levels of fallout from the recent and earlier French nuclear

tests have been very ',low., Based on the radiation protection guides of world

authorities these levels of fallout do not present any 'significant danger to

the health of the Australian population. At the same' time, however, the

Government was 'strongly -'oppo'sed to, any form of nuclear testing in the','

atmosphere. The Australian Government' was'the first to protest to, France about its latest tests.and'it has consistently stated its opposition'' Ã¢ÂÂ¢to such testing - both to the French directly and in international forums.

