Under a cloak of heavy security, 14 tonnes of vitrified highly radioactive waste was delivered to Barrow’s Ramsden Dock today by rail from Sellafield and loaded onto the nuclear cargo ship Pacific Sandpiper. The shipment is due to leave Barrow on the high tide early tomorrow morning, Thursday 21st January. The glassified High Level Waste … [Continue Reading]
Controversial security and safety planning for latest Sellafield MOX shipment [No 03/06]
The 17th November saw the unprecedented use of Cumbria’s main roads for the transport of plutonium fuel (MOX) from Sellafield to Barrow. Arriving at Barrow docks in the early afternoon in a French security vehicle, the heavily escorted MOX transport was routed from Sellafield via the M6 motorway, turning off close to Kendal onto the … [Continue Reading]