Letter: Quake warning
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: The appalling catastrophe in Turkey, in a region known for seismic activity, reinforces the demand for the abandonment of the proposed nuclear facility at Akkuyu in southern Turkey, where there is also a risk of earthquakes.
The consequences of damage to such a facility would be felt not only in Turkey, but in many neighbouring countries, on a scale far greater than even the present destruction, and over a longer period. One shudders to think of the consequences if the Izmit Oil Refinery had been a nuclear reactor.
Protecting people from the worst effects of earthquakes is more important than investment in a failing technology with massive clean-up costs. Multinationals are now targeting the poorer countries because the market in the West is dying - so much for nuclear non-proliferation.
Sustainable energy resources, such as wind and solar power, are abundant in the region, and should be encouraged instead.
Councillor COLIN ROBB
London Borough of Enfield
HUSSEIN ATESHIN
Faculty of Architecture
Eastern Mediterranean University
Gazimagusa, North Cyprus
ANDREW LOVE MP
(Edmonton, Lab)
House of Commons
Dr CHARALAMBOS C CLEANTHOUS
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, Washington, USA
RAY BERRY
Dundreggan, Inverness
GLEN D CAMP
Professor of Politics
Bryant College
Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA
YIANNOS IOANNOU
Nicosia, Cyprus
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