P209 CEEFAX 209  Tue 15 May  21:21/24
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    
                                        
 Contaminated beaches in Cumbria near   
 the Sellafield nuclear plant are no    
 longer a serious risk to the public.   
                                        
 The Environment Secretary, Mr Patrick  
 Jjnkin, said in a Commons written reply
 that the beaches have been monitored   
 and found to bj of negligible risk.    
                                        
 But the public is still advised not to 
 pick up or remove any objects on the   
 beach as they may still bj contaminated
                                        
 Local MP Dr John Cunningham welcomed   
 the news and hoped that the lessons of 
 recent months would lead to all        
 discharges from Sellafield being       
 eliminated.