11 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications if his attention has been drawn to recent claims made by a former plutonium chemist at Sellafield (details supplied) that the proposed underground nuclear waste dump at the Sellafield plant in Cumbria could turn into an uncontrollable plutonium-fuelled nuclear reactor and could result in serious water pollution in view of the implications for radiation levels in the Irish Sea; the representations, if any, he has made to the British authorities regarding the dump; the response, if any, he has received; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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11 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications if his attention has been drawn to recent claims made by a former plutonium chemist at Sellafield (details supplied) that the proposed underground nuclear waste dump at the Sellafield plant in Cumbria could turn into an uncontrollable plutonium-fuelled nuclear reactor and could result in serious water pollution in view of the implications for radiation levels in the Irish Sea; the representations, if any, he has made to the British authorities regarding the dump; the response, if any, he has received; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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1. 22 June 1994

   Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Sellafield Underground Waste Repository.

   11 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications if his attention has been drawn to recent claims made by a former plutonium chemist at Sellafield (details supplied) that the proposed underground nuclear waste dump at the Sellafield plant in Cumbria could turn into an uncontrollable plutonium-fuelled nuclear reactor and could result in serious water pollution in view of the implications for radiation levels in the Irish Sea; the representations, if any, he has made to the British authorities regarding the dump; the response, if any, he has received; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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