When we look at the number and the nature of the incidents associated with Sellafield it is no wonder the public is concerned – and in some cases terrified – that no action is being taken on the plant and its activities. Since the Windscale disaster there has been a catalogue of accidents and safety breaches. From the long-term storage of plutonium in questionable conditions to the disastrous debacle of the transport of MOX fuel pellets to Japan in 1999, and their subsequent return from there due to the falsification of documents, we should not only express concern but object outright to the continuation of the operation of the plant, full stop.