The Corrs have joined the postcard campaign urging the British government to close the MOX plant at Sellafield.

British Nuclear Fuels has been granted a license to re-commission a MOX demonstration facility at Sellafield.

The controversial MOX plant has opened at Sellafield today.

The controversial MOX plant is due to open at Sellafield today.

The Court of Appeal in Britain has rejected a challenge to the operation of a mixed oxide (MOX) fuel facility at the Sellafield nuclear plant.

Irish and British politicians are expected to discuss the issue of Sellafield at the British-Irish parliamentary meeting in Bournemouth today.

British plans to commission the mixed oxide (MOX) facility at the Sellafield nuclear waste reprocessing facility in Cumbria were today claimed to have the potential for souring Anglo-Irish relations.

A London Court has reserved judgement in a bid by environmental groups to block the building of the MOX Nuclear facility at Sellafield.

Plans by the British Government to allow a new MOX plant at Sellafield were today facing two legal challenges brought by Ireland and environmental groups, it has emerged.

The Labour Party has held a demonstration outside the British Embassy in Dublin this afternoon to protest against the decision to allow a mixed-oxide fuel (MOX) plant to operate at Sellafield.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern tonight demanded that the Sellafield nuclear power plant on England’s west coast be closed down.