Conference discusses effects of potential nuclear accidents
A conference in Louth today will discuss claims that up to two million Irish people could be forced into resettlement if there was a nuclear accident at the Wyfla power plant off the coast of Wales.
The event, being held in Drogheda, has been organised by the Nuclear Free Local Authorities Forum.
It is raising concerns about the effect British government plans to develop more nuclear power stations could have on Ireland.
"We've published maps and we'll be publishing further maps at the conference which will show the effects a serious nuclear incident would have on this country,” said the group’s chairman, Drogheda mayor Michael O’Dowd.
“In particular, the effects of an incident at Sellafield, where there's a high level of caesium 137, the isotope that caused so much damage following Chernobyl.”
A conference in Louth today is hearing claims that up to two million Irish people could be forced into resettlement if there was a nuclear accident at the Wyfla power plant off the coast of Wales.
The event, being held in Drogheda, has been organised by the Nuclear Free Local Authorities Forum.
It is raising concerns about the effect British government plans to develop more nuclear power stations could have on Ireland.
"We've published maps and we'll be publishing further maps at the conference which will show the effects a serious nuclear incident would have on this country,” said the group’s chairman, Drogheda mayor Michael O’Dowd.
“In particular, the effects of an incident at Sellafield, where there's a high level of caesium 137, the isotope that caused so much damage following Chernobyl.”
