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Article: CLOSE SELLAFIELD NOW; INVESTIGATION: Fury follows shock report claiming Irish Sea is nuclear dump.(News)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 28, 1998
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THE IRISH SEA has been turned into a massive nuclear dump by the Sellafield nuclear plant, a shock new report has claimed.
Environmental watchdog Greenpeace yesterday issued the most damning indictment yet on the impact the plant has had on the sea.
The lobby group revealed that vast tracts of the sea floor are so toxic that they register as raw nuclear waste under EU standards.
It also claimed marine life is saturated with radiation. Shellfish and lobsters that were analysed contain 62 times more toxins than the accepted safe level for consumption ...