Let’s try everything but the nuclear option

NUCLEAR power has been mooted in the media quite a bit in recent weeks, with a suggestion that the Taoiseach should go for it as a solution to ever-rising energy costs.

For over 40 years a large section of the Irish population lived in dread because of their very justifiable fears of leakage or sabotage at Sellafield. Imagine the threat to life and our environment if a nuclear power station was built here.

A much wiser decision would be to concentrate instead on our own natural resources.