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Retired PNTL Ship Provides Hope for South American Street Children

The Pacific Swan was retired from service in 2004 but she lives on by way of a donation of key equipment to the Vine Trust Amazonferry Health Project, a British charity dedicated to providing medical treatment to street children in Peru. Prior to moving to The Netherlands for recycling, two quick release life belt boxes […]


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PNTL Offers Congratulations for Submarine Rescue

PNTL has offered congratulations to James Fisher Rumic for its rescue of seven Russian sailors off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean. Their submarine, the Priz, had become entangled in fishing nets and was stuck at a depth of 190 metres. The marine support company was able to free it by cutting the nets […]


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Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited Launches Website

Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL), the specialist international shipper of nuclear materials, today launches its first website. The new website, www.pntl.co.uk, provides information on the PNTL fleet, ship safety systems and international regulations. It includes a vessel tour feature and contains animation that demonstrates some of the special safety systems employed by the fleet. It also […]


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MOX for Peace Program: Maritime Shipment of the Four MOX Fuel Assemblies to the United States

The four MOX fuel assemblies fabricated from American excess weapon-grade plutonium have left the port of Cherbourg this morning at 3:05 am for Charleston (United States). The two chartered ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, are purpose-built and dedicated for nuclear materials transportation. The ships meet high safety and security standards, in compliance […]


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Making Mixed Oxide Lead Fuel Assemblies for the U.S. Plutonium Disposition Program (NNSA Fact Sheet)

Making Mixed Oxide Lead Fuel Assemblies for the U.S. Plutonium Disposition Program This document is in PDF format. http://www.nnsa.doe.gov/docs/NA-05-FS01.pdf


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10th return of vitrified residues to Japan

On February 16th, 2005, COGEMA announced that the route to be used and the approximate date of arrival in Japan would be released following the departure. The Pacific Sandpiper, carrying vitrified residues back to Japan, has left Cherbourg – France – yesterday February, 17th, 2005 at 6h20 pm local time, and will transit to Japan via […]


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10th return of vitrified residues to Japan

A tenth shipment of vitrified residues to Japan will leave Cherbourg on February, 17th, 2005. 5 casks containing 124 canisters of vitrified residues will be loaded on the Pacific Sandpiper. Reprocessing used nuclear fuel recovers 97% of valuable, reusable material and separates out the remaining 3%, which is waste. The waste is conditioned by turning […]


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MOX for Peace program: arrival of the plutonium at the COGEMA-La Hague plant

140 kilograms of former weapons-grade plutonium arrived at the COGEMA-La Hague plant today at 12 a.m. after being shipped from Charleston (South Carolina, United States) to Cherbourg (France) on board a UK-registered ship dedicated to the transport of nuclear materials, the Pacific Pintail. At COGEMA-La Hague, the material will be transferred from a maritime transport container […]


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PNTL Hosts US National Academy of Sciences

Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) today hosted a visit by the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Transport Panel, showing the group of American scientific experts how used nuclear fuel is moved safely on the company’s fleet of purpose-built ships. The NAS Transport Panel met with PNTL and BNFL managers responsible for sea shipments, […]


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