Calls for Ireland to demand shutdown of Sellafield

A veteran anti-nuclear campaigner has said Ireland should not be afraid to offend Britain by insisting on the shutdown of Sellafield.

Sean Dunne, an early member of CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) and husband of Adi Roche of Chernobyl Children International, said the Government must use all its muscle to demand an end to operations at the nuclear waste reprocessing plant.

Energy Minister Denis Naughten is seeking a meeting of the UK-Ireland Contact Group on Radiological Matters to discuss last Monday’s BBC Panorama programme which alleged serious safety shortcomings at the plant.