Pacific Teal loaded with Japan-bound nuclear fuel

Pacific Teal loaded with Japan-bound nuclear fuel

CHERBOURG, France - The 4,648-ton British cargo ship Pacific Teal is loaded with a vessel containing 32 elements of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, for delivery to a nuclear power plant in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, at Cherbourg port in northwestern France on July 21. The ship left the port later in the day to rendezvous with its sister ship, the 5,087-ton Pacific Pintail, already carrying British-produced MOX fuel and waiting in waters off France.

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