CND campaign over N-sub proposal attracts support

A PETITION opposing proposals to build a nuclear submarine dismantling facility in Plymouth has attracted over 100 signatures.

Campaigners from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament are taking to the streets this week to drum up support ahead of a mass demonstration on Saturday.

Tony Staunton, a CND national committee member, said people are "concerned" about the proposals which would see 27 former nuclear-powered submarines cut up in Plymouth over a 60-year period.

The Ministry of Defence will be staging public consultation events until next spring about the possibility of setting up the Submarine Dismantling Project at Devonport Naval Base.

Plymouth is one of two sites being considered for the project.

About 300 people are expected to attend Saturday's CND demonstration. It will start at the Guildhall at noon, move to Devonport Park at 2pm then to the base's Camels Head gate.

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