SDLP urges swift closure of Sellafield

The British government must produce a decommissioning programme for the Sellafield nuclear plant which will result in its swift closure, the SDLP said today.

Party candidate in South Down Eddie McGrady, who has campaigned for many years against the Cumbrian plant, welcomed moves to cut discharges of the radionuclide Technetium 99 by 90% from the plant.