Nuclear go-ahead 'could sour Anglo-Irish relations'

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.

The charge was made in Bournemouth - where politicians from Britain and Ireland today opened a two-day conference - after the announcement of the Law of the Sea Tribunal ruling against Ireland’s bid to block the MOX project.