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This map is from the Nuclear Industry Association, (its an old map, Sellafield nuclear waste dump described as a fuel plant).  Additions by Radiation Free Lakeland showing the close proximity of proposed fossil fuel extraction to Sellafield and Springfields.

FOSSIL FUELED EARTHQUAKES NEAR NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS?

Nuclear and Fracking Campaigners across the UK have joined forces to oppose fossil fuel extraction within the vicinity of the UK’s key nuclear installations, Sellafield in Cumbria and Springfields in Lancashire.

Radiation Free Lakeland has sent a letter to the Health and Safety Executive urging a moratorium. The letter says: “Given the vast uncertainty regarding the classification of nuclear materials at both Sellafield and Springfields at the very least there should be a moratorium on fossil fuel extraction within the vicinity of nuclear installations. We call for a comprehensive inquiry, which includes the worst-case scenarios that could result from induced seismic activity near nuclear…