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A RENOWNED scientist urged Cumbrians to take action over nuclear power plants during a special meeting in Kendal.
Dr Ian Fairlie gave a talk to the South Lakeland Friends of the Earth discussing the links between radiation from nuclear power plants and childhood leukaemia.
He outlined some of the possible risks from the nuclear facilities at Heysham and Sellafield.
Dr Fairlie urged the concerned audience to write to their local MP asking for information about doses of radiation in South Lakeland and the risks.
Residents living near existing nuclear reactors only have "qualified support" for new power stations, a study shows.
While most locals trusted the operators of their nearby power station, some had a strong distrust of the UK Government and the nuclear industry, it added.
BRITISH Energy has admitted that the return to service of its Hartlepool and Heysham 1 reactors will cost much more than originally thought.
The company said the timetable for bringing the reactors back online was unchanged, but added costs are now estimated to be around £115m in the 2008/09 financial year, compared with previous hopes for £50m.
ONE of the front runners in the race to build a new nuclear power station at Wylfa looks poised to complete an £12bn deal for British Energy which could cool its interest on Anglesey.
UK nuclear firm British Energy is expected to be snapped up by French power giants EDF (Electricité de France), which recently revealed it was buying up farmland around Wylfa, owned by the National Decommissioning Authority.
