Nuclear energy not worth the risk

ALLOW me to comment on your report (September 19) of the Association for the Study of Peal Oil and Gas conference in Cork.

Dr Michael Dittmar mentioned that the slow rate of uranium mining would cause supply problems for nuclear facilities.

The International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA), the official body monitoring nuclear facilities throughout the world, has stated that at present usage rates, supplies of high grade uranium (which is the only type currently worth mining) will be exhausted in about 80 years.