Irish nuclear legal challenge against Hinkley Point fails

[FBaggins]

A legal challenge by Ireland's National Trust, An Taisce, to stop a new nuclear power plant being built in Somerset, has failed.

It was contesting the legality of granting consent for Hinkley Point C, 150 miles (240km) from the Irish coast.

The judicial review ruled its case should not be referred to the European courts and dismissed the application.

The trust claimed, under EU directives, Irish people should have been consulted about the environmental risks.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-28603317

[djean111]

1. Assholes.

So in the UK, a nuclear plant can be put wherever the English want, and the only recognition given to environmental risks is hey! Don't worry! Nothing bad will happen!

[FBaggins]

2. Um... no. That's not it at all.

A better read would be "Ireland doesn't get to dictate policy to the UK just because some people are paranoid."

[djean111]

3. Oh, so putting a nuclear plant over in Ireland, with no environmental ris studies, is just "policy"?

Um, no, sorry, that goes way beyond just policy.
Very instructive about what it would be like to live in the UK, though. Seems even less attractive than living in parts of the US.

[FBaggins]

4. Again... nope.

They aren't putting the plant in Ireland (of course Ireland could say no to that)... nor is it being done without environmental studies.

[djean111]

7. Okay, I see it is across the sea from Ireland.

But a Fukushima-type event would almost surely affect Ireland.
Still takes England off of my list.

[Nihil]

8. Glad to hear it.

If it takes you that many posts to find out where the place that you're whinging about
actually is, England isn't going to miss you.

[TIMETOCHANGE]

5. When Japan had its Nuclear Meltdown there was serious concern in the U.S..

So for the Irish to be concerned I think is rather rational. England is an island next to another island in close proximity. Where and how they construct nuclear power plants is a fair and reasonable concern to the Irish who might have to live with the aftermath of a nuclear meltdown in case the low bid structure fails for some reason.

[djean111]

6. My point exactly.