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Ireland takes UK to court over Sellafield plant

Last edited 21 October 2002 at 8:00am
21 October, 2002

The Irish Government is taking the British to court today in an effort to stop the controversial production and transportation of dangerous MOX nuclear fuel. The transport of a consignment from Japan last month caused uproar in the Republic.

Sellafield to release notorious nuclear chemical into Irish sea

Last edited 10 September 2002 at 8:00am
10 September, 2002

Greenpeace today reacted with anger to revelations in the Norwegian press that the Sellafield nuclear plant plans to discharge large amounts of a notorious radioactive substance into the Irish Sea this week (1).

Discharges of Technetium 99 have been hugely controversial, particularly in Norway and Ireland, with contamination from the radioactive chemical found on the coasts of both countries. Lobsters are regularly found off Sellafield with levels of Technetium 99 which breach the levels set by the European Community for intervention following a nuclear accident [2]. It will take between two to three years for this week's releases to reach the Norwegian coast.

Deadly plutonium shipment caught in the spotlight as the Earth Summit draws near

Last edited 19 August 2002 at 8:00am
19 August, 2002

Greenpeace has caught up with a deadly cargo of plutonium off South African waters and mounted a high-seas protest, just days before the start of the Earth Summit in Johannesburg.

Despite attempts by the two armed vessels to evade public scrutiny by altering course, the Greenpeace ship, MV Esperanza, located them late Sunday night and radioed an intention to peacefully protest, but received no reply.

Environment agency's Sellafield proposals 'grossly inadequate'

Last edited 16 August 2002 at 8:00am
16 August, 2002

Commenting on the Environment Agency's Proposals (1) for Future Sellafield Regulation, Greenpeace today described them as grossly inadequate. Greenpeace campaigner, Pete Roche, said, "Despite all the talk of significant reductions in discharge limits, the actual radioactivity going into the Irish Sea and our atmosphere is likely to double over the next few years".

Waste MOX shipment

Last edited 29 April 2002 at 8:00am
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A threat to the environment and international security - plutonium is loaded into controversial nuclear plant

Last edited 20 December 2001 at 9:00am
20 December, 2001

Greenpeace has condemned the Government and British Nuclear Fuels for the introduction of plutonium into the controversial Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP) earlier today. The decision to proceed with loading of the lethal nuclear material will increase environmental pollution from the Sellafield site and increase international security risks, including nuclear terrorism and proliferation of nuclear weapons. Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have mounted a range of legal challenges in an effort to prevent the plant from opening. The Irish Government currently has two international legal cases on-going against the UK government.

Green groups win "partial victory" at Sellafield appeal

Last edited 7 December 2001 at 9:00am
7 December, 2001

Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace have overturned an important part of last month's controversial High Court ruling that the Government had lawfully given the Sellafield Mixed Oxide (MOX) plant the green light. (1) But the MOX plant can still open, despite the fact that it will never recover its costs and that it represents a serious threat to public safety.

United Nations tribunal judgement should stop UK plutonium MOX plant

Last edited 4 December 2001 at 9:00am
4 December, 2001

The United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea issued a significant ruling on the case brought by the Irish government against the UK Government over the controversial Sellafield nuclear complex. The Tribunal, made up of 21 judges, issued a unanimous ruling that puts pressure on the UK to stop the operation a new plutonium fuel manufacturing facility, the Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP).

MOX legal challenge continues

Last edited 27 November 2001 at 9:00am
27 November, 2001

Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace go to Court of Appeal

Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth will now take their battle to stop the MOX plant at Sellafield to the Court of Appeal. The move follows last week's ruling by Mr Justice Collins that the Government hadn't acted unlawfully in giving the highly controversial plutonium fuel plant the green light. The Appeal will be heard on 27 and 28 November.

Greenpeace publish nuclear ship spotter's guide

Last edited 22 November 2001 at 9:00am
22 November, 2001

Terrorism Bill threatens to prevent people throughout the world from knowing about British nuclear shipments along their coasts

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