(3)Loading begins of MOX fuel returning to Britain

(3)Loading begins of MOX fuel returning to Britain

TAKAHAMA, Japan - Two British policemen are on guard aboard the nuclear-fuel transport ship Pacific Pintail, which is due to leave for Britain on July 4 with a load of eight containers of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from Kansai Electric Power Co. Citing security reasons, both Japanese authorities and Kansai Electric have declined to disclose the route the Pacific Pintail will take or when it will arrive in Britain.

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