David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Sorry. It might be my Cork accent. The ambassador said that seven pillars of nuclear safety and security have been compromised at the nuclear power plant. Physical integrity is one. I understand the second is that safety and security systems are not functional. The rest are: staff being safe and secure; off-site power supply; uninterrupted supply chains; on-site and off-site radiation monitoring; and reliable communications with the regulator and others. The ambassador is saying that all those seven pillars are gone. Can she explain what is happening and what the risk with this power plant is? It has six nuclear reactors whereas Chernobyl had four. It is a modern nuclear plant and would be an awful lot safer than Chernobyl. This is something that is not spoken about, but the ambassador highlighted it in her presentation.