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Revision as of 18:35, 17 July 2004 by Djegan (talk | contribs) (could create a new artcle on NEB)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Carnsore Point in County Wexford, Ireland is famous for been the proposed location of the Nuclear Energy Board (Irish: An Bord Fuinnimh Núicléigh) power plant which was to be built in the 1970s, the plan would have produced electricity for the Electricity Supply Board.
Originating in 1968, the Irish Government gave renewed effort to the plans after the 1973 energy crisis. The plan envisaged one, and eventually four, nuclear power stations, but was (discretely) dropped in the late 1970s after opposition by environmental groups.