Irish MEP calls for Sellafield probe

Irish MEP Nuala Ahern has called for a team of international experts to investigate possible contamination at the Sellafield nuclear plant in Britain.

Ms Ahern said yesterday that a study conducted by the British Ministry of Health found higher levels of plutonium in people living close to Sellafield than in those living farther away.

The Green Party MEP said experts should be called in to investigate the possible dangers and the potential health threat to Irish and British people.