Back in January 2007 before John Gormley & the Greens were in a position to prop up Fianna Fail I asked him for a comment on Sellafield 

Congratulations on your web site (www.shutsellafield.com). The Green Party was the first political party to call for the closure of Sellafield. This demand will be a key one in our forthcoming election manifesto. Keep up the good work.

Regards john g

Green Party Chairman

I’m waiting for action…….. 

What happened between the Mansion House and Kildare Street? Our Green Minister for the Environment said of a leak in Sellafied this time last year “it was a relatively minor incident and had no safety implications for Ireland” The fact that accidents continue to happen is the problem, not the extent of the current accident, shall we wait for the big one? Wanting  a safer Sellafield is not the same as wanting it shut. 

How far away is it?  How many NEW reactors are they building? How many statements has Mr. Gormley made on the new build? see here. The industry has been sold out from under the NDA, the plan is to build new nuke plants, where is the action? where is the “call for the closure of Sellafield“? Is Dick Roche & Joe Jacob still running policy in the Dept.? I can’t tell the difference.

here is one reply to the “Energy Coast” idea from Marianne Birkby of Radiation Free Lakeland 

Jamie Reed would like nothing better than the nuclear energy coast to be “beyond meaningful debate” – as would the proponents of the slave trade and the asbestos industry have liked to see business as usual without those irritating voices of dissent.

The nuclear industry itself is trying to disempower people through bribery – ( Slush funds for example to Cumbria Wildlife Trust and the Primary Care Trust ) and by persuading Government to ’speed’ up the planning consents for large infrastructure – which means that citizens and NGOs will not have the rights to influence planning. This doesn’t seem to have sunk in with councillors who are still saying that the nuclear planning restrictions will be rigorous.

The industry has lobbied hard and long to ensure ‘fast tracking’ ie health and safety will not be first priority. For decades renewables have been suppressed to make room for nuclear – now the nuclear industry is saying that too many wind turbines + nuclear will mean TOO much electricity for the national grid to cope with. The nuclear project must be stopped now – Please contact Radiation Free Lakeland on 015395 63671 if your group or village would like help – more info here