THE British government plans to shut part of the nuclear plant in Sellafield, northern England, as soon as possible, and on commercial grounds, following Japan’s nuclear disaster.

IRELAND will go to the United Nations tomorrow to argue that the Sellafield MOX Plant be shut down.

IRATE students yesterday swapped their usual garb for what they labelled the new post-Sellafield disaster clothing range to highlight their concerns at having a nuclear plant so close to Ireland.

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