TL: open letter against THORP in European Parliament
     Open Letter to the British Goverment
SO: Greenpeace Germany, Civil Nukes, (GP)
DT: July 14, 1993

Keywords: nuclear weapons military power uk europe /
THE THORP REPROCESSING PLANT IN SELLAFIELD MUST NOT BEGIN
OPERATION

The signatories of this letter support the demand of the
Irish government and the Irish ministry for energy for a
shutdown of the British reprocessing plant Sellafield.
Considering the already huge safety problems of the existing
plant in Sellafield, the new THORP plant must not be commis-
sioned. THORP will emit radioactive Krypton 85 into the
environment which will cause up to 15 deaths per year in
Europe and up to 60 deaths worldwide, according to estimates of
experts. It is estimated that THORP will discharge 27.8
million Curie per year. According to official sources the
catastrophe of Chernobyl released 50 million Curie.

The Paris Commission as an institution for the international
regulation of radioactive discharges into the sea has also
asked for THORP not to be commissioned. Putting THORP into
operation will increase aerial discharges by 1100% and mari-ne
discharges by 900%. This is an unacceptable pollution for the
whole of Europe.

We ask the British government to stop THORP.

Signatories
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