Sellafield under fire as BNFL announces massive losses

The Green Party has renewed its call for the closure of the Sellafield nuclear plant after British Nuclear Fuels, the company which runs the factory, reported losses of £2.3bn (€3.5bn) today.

British environmentalists said the losses enhance the argument that Sellafield is not economically viable and should be shut down.

Irish Green Party MEP Nuala Ahern said: "Reprocessing should stop because either BNFL is a profitable company or it’s losing vast amounts of money.

"Clearly, it’s the latter and it’s time we shut Sellafield and cleaned it up, both physically and morally."