Trucks carry MOX to French port for shipment to Japan

Trucks carry MOX to French port for shipment to Japan

CHERBOURG, France - Photo shows a trailer truck carrying mixed plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) fuel July 18 with a police escort to the French port of Cherbourg, where the cargo will be shipped to Japan. Two other trailer trucks also transported MOX to the port, where the substance will be loaded on two British cargo ships to soon arrive from Barrow in northern England.

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