The controversial MOX plant at Sellafield opened today. The plants opening follows in the wake of several high profile but failed legal actions against British Nuclear Fuels undertaken by the Irish Government and envoiromentalists.
The irish minister Joe Jacob called the opening 'an act of supreme arrogance'
In the past month the Fianna Fail/PD coalition government has undertaken a wide campaign against the developement in Sellafield, going so far as to take out a full page ad in English newspapers and allowing their youth wings to organise a protest outside the british embassy in Dublin, the turn out was insignificant.
Meanwhile today saw a demonstration of upwards of 100 people outside the MOX plant seeking to voice their concerns over the effect the opening of the plant where depleted plutoniaum and uranium will be recycled for further use by the Nuclear plant at Sellafield and other stations across Europe.
Among those who joined the protest was John Gormley of the Green Party and members of Gluiseacht.
Many grass roots activists against Sellafield are seeking to step up the campaign against the Sellafield complex to counter fears that the Irish Government and Fianna Fail are using the issue as an election ploy.