Ive seen pictures of U2 wearing radiation suits on a boat. What was that about?
Sellafield is a nuclear plant owned and maintained by Britain’s state-owned British Nuclear Fuels, Ltd. (BNFL). U2 was protesting the building of another Sellafield-type reactor and also the poor safety record of the current plant. Cancer levels are statistically higher around the Sellafield plant, and fears of leaks into the sea have been a constant discussion. Greenpeace, along with U2, was protesting its imminent operation, so the band donned radiation suits for the trip and photo op. Bono ruined his boots by walking in contaminated water and on contaminated soil. Quoting from the book U2 by Jackie Shirley: “Also that month they took part in a much-publicised Greenpeace protest at the Sellafield nuclear powerstation in north-west England. The original plans to play a concert on the site were banned in the High Court. Instead the band wore radiation suits and carried drums of allegedly polluted mud from Irish beaches to the perimeters of Sellafield 2.
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