Irish Nuclear-Free Zone? Ministers Make Joint Appeal Against British Nuclear Energy Plans
Posted by K.E. White on February 3, 2008
From BBC News:
Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie and Irish Environment Minister John Gormley made a joint call.
They are concerned about proposals to include nuclear power as a means of reducing the UK‘s carbon footprint.
“It is bad enough having a nuclear threat off our shores. We should not contemplate having one within our shores,” Ms Ritchie, SDLP, said.
“The shift back towards a nuclear power energy policy in Great Britain greatly concerns me, especially given its close proximity.
Quick Historical Note: The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) came out of a 1958 Irish proposal that aimed to freeze nuclear weapons proliferation.
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