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March 26, 2007 Nuclear 'not the solution' for global warming "[W]e voice serious concern that nuclear energy is being presented as a solution to climate change... [T]he current debate seeks to downplay the environmental, waste, proliferation, nuclear liability and safety issues and seeks to portray nuclear energy as a clean, safe and problem free response to climate change." This is from a joint statement by the environment ministers from Austria, Iceland, Ireland and Norway, following a meeting in Dublin. The "inherent risks" and problems associated with the nuclear energy option remain, they said and it "can not therefore claim to be a clean alternative to fossil fuel use." [Source: RTE.ie (Ireland), " Nuclear 'not the solution' for global warming", March 26, 2007] * [2006-05-31] Setback for Ireland in nuclear row * [2006-05-31] Setback for Ireland in nuclear row * [2006-05-30] Ireland wrong to take Sellafield fight to UN * [2006-05-30] EU court: IrelandŐs Sellafield challenge was illegal * [2006-05-27] Ireland set to lose in Sellafield decision May 18, 2003 Irish get general assurances, no details, from UK on Sellafield security "We have sought to be as open and co-operative as we can with Ireland about these matters subject to ensuring the necessary confidentiality of security sensitive information," Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Patricia Hewitt said in a letter to Environment Minister Martin Cullen. Following the September 11 attacks, she said additional security measures had been put in place and the threat of "external hazards", such as a plane being crashed into Sellafield, were being continually reviewed. Security was "effective and robust" but details must remain confidential. "The UK does not disclose outside the UK Government details of the threat assessments we have made," she wrote. [Source: Andrew Bushe, "Sellafield: Brits Shrug Off Our Security Fears; Cullen Snubbed", Sunday Mirror (UK), May 18, 2003, p. 2] |