Issued on: 08/09/2021 -
The container of highly radioactive Mox was loaded aboard a ship at harbour in Cherbourg in northern France.
Sameer Al-DOUMY AFP
Cherbourg (France) (AFP)
Activists from environmental group Greenpeace protested against a shipment of reprocessed nuclear fuel that was set to leave France for Japan on Wednesday for use in a power plant.
The load of highly radioactive Mox, a mixture of reprocessed plutonium and uranium, was escorted by police from a plant near the port of Cherbourg to the dockyard in the early hours of the morning.
A handful of Greenpeace activists waved flags and signs with anti-nuclear logos as they camped out on Tuesday night to wait for the heavy-goods truck transporting the high-security cargo.
The Mox from French nuclear technology group Orano is destined for a nuclear plant in Takahama in Japan and is the seventh such shipment from France since 1999.
Cherbourg (France) (AFP)
Activists from environmental group Greenpeace protested against a shipment of reprocessed nuclear fuel that was set to leave France for Japan on Wednesday for use in a power plant.
The load of highly radioactive Mox, a mixture of reprocessed plutonium and uranium, was escorted by police from a plant near the port of Cherbourg to the dockyard in the early hours of the morning.
A handful of Greenpeace activists waved flags and signs with anti-nuclear logos as they camped out on Tuesday night to wait for the heavy-goods truck transporting the high-security cargo.
The Mox from French nuclear technology group Orano is destined for a nuclear plant in Takahama in Japan and is the seventh such shipment from France since 1999.
Greenpeace activists wait for the convoy.
Sameer Al-DOUMY AFP
Japan lacks facilities to process waste from its own nuclear reactors and sends most of it overseas, particularly to France.
The country is building a long-delayed reprocessing plant in Aomori in northern Japan.
"Orano and its partners have a longstanding experience in the transport of nuclear materials between Europe and Japan, in line with international regulations with the best safety and security records," Orano said in a September 3 statement.
The fuel is being shipped by two specially designed ships from British company PNTL.
© 2021 AFP
Japan lacks facilities to process waste from its own nuclear reactors and sends most of it overseas, particularly to France.
The country is building a long-delayed reprocessing plant in Aomori in northern Japan.
"Orano and its partners have a longstanding experience in the transport of nuclear materials between Europe and Japan, in line with international regulations with the best safety and security records," Orano said in a September 3 statement.
The fuel is being shipped by two specially designed ships from British company PNTL.
© 2021 AFP
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