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Article: FEARS have been raised about the health and environmental risks to Ireland after the British government gave the green light for the construction of 10 new nuclear power plants -- seven of them along the Irish Sea.
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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Safety fears as Britain reveals 10 new power plant sites
Breda Heffernan
FEARS have been raised about the health and environmental risks to Ireland after the British government gave the green light for the construction of 10 new nuclear power plants -- seven of them along the Irish Sea.
And after years of campaigning by the Irish Government and environmental groups to close the plant at Sellafield in England, British authorities have confirmed they will build a new reactor there.
The new Sellafield plant is among 10 reactors to be given the go-ahead, with the first opening by 2018.
Just three of the new reactors will be ...