Seanad debates
Wednesday, 2 July 2003
Nuclear Safety: Motion.
I cannot understand why the British and the French, the big producers in this industry, have not ensured that the proper technology is given to the Asian countries in particular. Most of the material transported from Asia to Britain and to France need not be transported if the technology base was in Asia to reprocess it. After the Second World War none of the information was shared because of hostility towards the Japanese. If we are honest about this we have got to look at ways in which this problem can be solved internationally through proper exchange of technology so that the reprocessing industry will not use our part of Europe as a dumping ground.
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