Seanad debates
Wednesday, 2 July 2003
Nuclear Safety: Motion.
We must take on the responsibility of Sellafield because it is right beside us. Whatever about the issue of the ongoing discharges into the Irish Sea, since the events of 11 September the nightmare scenario is that if any internationally branded terrorist organisation wants to take a pot at Sellafield, by whatever means, we are in the firing line. We have a direct interest in Sellafield. The British Government has accepted the international precedent of the International Atomic Energy Agency. It must now accept our interest and act as a good neighbour and friend and concede to this proposal, irrespective of the longer term objections we have to the site.
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