A new 16 billion pound nuclear power station in Somerset, in England has been given the final go-ahead.
The European Commission has voted in favour of the plant being built by French energy firm - EDF - at Hinkley Point, some 240 kilometres from the Irish coastline.
The EC's been examining funding for Hinkley C under state aid rules since December.
Dr David Robert Grimes is a researcher in Radiobiology, he says from a health perspective, Hinkley poses very little risk;
