In the meantime Ireland will continue to campaign against the ongoing high risk activities at Sellafield, including liquid discharges into the Irish Sea, the storage of liquid high level waste in ageing tanks and the storage of separated plutonium. On the latter, I welcome the recently published report of the plutonium working group – part of a standing dialogue between BNFL, local authorities, NGOs and UK regulators – which explored the options for the safe disposal of separated plutonium. Importantly, the group recognised that there were options other than the manufacture of MOX fuel for the safe disposal of plutonium and that these should continue to be investigated.