MOX ship Pacific Teal arrives at port

MOX ship Pacific Teal arrives at port

OKUMA, Japan - A British cargo ship carrying mixed oxide (MOX) fuel arrives at the port of a nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, about 220 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 27, after a five-day delay due to high waves. The 4,648-ton Pacific Teal had been scheduled to enter port on Sept. 22 but high waves forced it to wait outside the port until Monday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The Pacific Teal is carrying nuclear fuel for the No. 3 reactor of the No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant run by TEPCO.

High waves delay MOX ship's entry into port

High waves delay MOX ship's entry into port

OKUMA, Japan - The 4,648-ton British cargo ship carrying mixed oxide (MOX) fuel sails off Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 22, after being prevented by high waves from entering a port for a nuclear power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co.

MOX-carrying ship's entry into port delayed by high waves

MOX-carrying ship's entry into port delayed by high waves

OKUMA, Japan - The 4,648-ton Pacific Teal carrying mixed oxide fuel from Britain sails off Okuma, Fukukshima Prefecture, on Sept. 22. The vessel was unable to enter the port of a nuclear power plant in the northeastern prefecture due to high waves. The fuel will be used for Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant.

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.

MOX ship sets sail for Japan

MOX ship sets sail for Japan

CHERBOURG, France - Escorted by patrol vessels, the 4,648-ton British cargo ship Pacific Teal carrying a Japan-bounded shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel sets sail from Cherbourg port July 21.