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A Nuclear Ireland?

Author	John F.Carroll
Date	May 1978
Classification	2.06.0.00/05 (IRELAND)
Remarks	report of congress organised by Irish Transport and General Workers Union
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Introduction

This book does not tell people what to think about the nuclear question, nor does it 
pretend to be a complete analysis of all the pros and cons. It does, however, provide 
information and ideas which its sponsors (the Irish Transport and General Workers' 
Union) hope will stimulate consideration of the medium and long-term economic, 
political and socio/medical implications of nuclear power.
It is only through such considerations that people can make objective evaluations 
and thereby decide if nuclear energy is good for them, for the country and, indeed, 
for humanity.
Already, a broad-ranging debate on nuclearisation is under way elsewhere 
throughout the western world and there is mounting evidence of growing opposition 
to the bland claims by the nuclear lobby that nuclear reactors are safe, that they mean 
cheaper electricity than by traditional power stations and are also an essential means 
towards guaranteeing the continuance and growth of acceptable living standards.
The argument that nuclear reactors are safe completely ignores the facts. In August 
1978 only four of14 nuclear reactors in West Germany were actually operating and 
in the summer months of 1978 over half of all the nuclear power stations in the USA 
were also out of operation. These closures were all due to accidents and faults as 
well as to breakdowns resulting from the constant corrosion arising from the 
materials used in reactors.

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