Visit of Orano Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant - La Hague

Visit of Orano Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant - La Hague

Cogema employee logo during a visit of Orano la Hague, a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, in La Hague, northwestern France, on March 7, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit of Orano Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant - La Hague

Visit of Orano Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant - La Hague

Cogema and Orano employee logo during a visit of Orano la Hague, a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, in La Hague, northwestern France, on March 7, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Processed nuclear waste arrives in Japan

Processed nuclear waste arrives in Japan

ROKKASHO VILLAGE, Japan - The British cargo ship Pacific Swan carrying vitrified high-level radioactive waste is berthed at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 20. The cargo comprising eight containers of 192 vitrified blocks has been reprocessed by French nuclear fuel company COGEMA and is to be delivered to a storage facility in the village.

MOX ship berthed at Cherbourg

MOX ship berthed at Cherbourg

CHERBOURG, France - The Pacific Teal is berthed in Cherbourg on July 21, ready to be loaded with a vessel containing mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from French nuclear firm COGEMA for delivery to the Fukushima power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Greenpeace ship in France against Japan's MOX shipment

Greenpeace ship in France against Japan's MOX shipment

CHERBOURG, France - Patrol boats shadow a Greenpeace vessel protesting at Japan's shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from French nuclear firm COGEMA, while the Pacific Teal is being loaded with a MOX cargo in Cherbourg on July 21 for shipment to the Fukushima power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Pacific Teal sails into Cherbourg

Pacific Teal sails into Cherbourg

CHERBOURG, France - The Pacific Teal enters the port of Cherbourg on July 21 to pick up a shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from French nuclear firm COGEMA for delivery to the Fukushima power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Greenpeace ship in France against Japan's MOX shipment

Greenpeace ship in France against Japan's MOX shipment

CHERBOURG, France - Patrol boats shadow a Greenpeace vessel protesting at Japan's shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from French nuclear firm COGEMA, while the Pacific Teal is being loaded with a MOX cargo in Cherbourg on July 21 for shipment to the Fukushima power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Processed nuclear waste arrives in Japan

Processed nuclear waste arrives in Japan

ROKKASHO VILLAGE, Japan - The British cargo ship Pacific Swan carrying vitrified high-level radioactive waste is berthed at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 20. The cargo comprising eight containers of 192 vitrified blocks has been reprocessed by French nuclear fuel company COGEMA and is to be delivered to a storage facility in the village.

Pacific Teal sails into Cherbourg

Pacific Teal sails into Cherbourg

CHERBOURG, France - The Pacific Teal enters the port of Cherbourg on July 21 to pick up a shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from French nuclear firm COGEMA for delivery to the Fukushima power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Pacific Teal sails into Cherbourg

Pacific Teal sails into Cherbourg

CHERBOURG, France - The Pacific Teal enters the port of Cherbourg on July 21 to pick up a shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from French nuclear firm COGEMA for delivery to the Fukushima power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

MOX ship berthed at Cherbourg

MOX ship berthed at Cherbourg

CHERBOURG, France - The Pacific Teal is berthed in Cherbourg on July 21, ready to be loaded with a vessel containing mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from French nuclear firm COGEMA for delivery to the Fukushima power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

MOX ship berthed at Cherbourg

MOX ship berthed at Cherbourg

CHERBOURG, France - The Pacific Teal is berthed in Cherbourg on July 21, ready to be loaded with a vessel containing mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from French nuclear firm COGEMA for delivery to the Fukushima power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Greenpeace ship in France against Japan's MOX shipment

Greenpeace ship in France against Japan's MOX shipment

CHERBOURG, France - Patrol boats shadow a Greenpeace vessel protesting at Japan's shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from French nuclear firm COGEMA, while the Pacific Teal is being loaded with a MOX cargo in Cherbourg on July 21 for shipment to the Fukushima power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.