The 14th meeting of the Ramsden Dock Terminal Stakeholder Group will be held in Meeting Room 4 at Barrow Town Hall on 17th July, 2015 from 10.30am. The Group meets twice a year to discuss current and future operations at Ramsden Dock Terminal (home of the PNTL fleet and NDA ships) which may affect the local community […]
Excellent progress is being made in the UK to repatriate overseas-owned highly active waste to Japan, with four shipments successfully completed and another one due to depart in the coming weeks. Information relating to this upcoming fifth shipment to Japan will be released as follows: – The name of the ship to be used will […]
International Nuclear Services, its subsidiary Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited and Sellafield Ltd have successfully completed the largest shipment so far in a decade-long programme to repatriate highly active waste to Japan from the UK. The vessel, Pacific Grebe, arrived in Japan on 22nd April, 2014, having travelled via the Cape of Good Hope and the […]
Following successful loading operations, the vessel Pacific Grebe departed the UK on February 14th carrying five transport flasks of highly active waste bound for Japan. The ship will travel to Japan via the Cape of Good Hope and will arrive in the second half of April.
Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL), International Nuclear Services (INS) and Sellafield Ltd are today commencing the latest return of highly active waste from the UK to Japan. This is the fourth and largest such shipment from the UK demonstrating excellent progress in the programme to return foreign-owned waste stored in the UK to its country […]
Further to the recent announcement, International Nuclear Services (INS), Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) and Sellafield Ltd, are making the final preparations for the fourth transport of highly active waste from Sellafield, UK, to Japan. The shipment will take place using the PNTL ship, Pacific Grebe, a state-of-the-art purpose-built nuclear cargo vessel. Further details will […]
Excellent progress is being made in the UK to repatriate overseas-owned highly active waste to Japan, with three shipments successfully completed and another one due to depart in the coming weeks. In line with usual practice, information relating to this upcoming fourth shipment to Japan will be released as follows: – The name of the […]
PATRAM, the International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials, is a series of symposia that brings together worldwide experts from government, industry, and research organizations to exchange information on all aspects of packaging and transportation of radioactive materials. The Symposium has become the premier forum on these issues and takes place every […]
Following their departure from Europe on 17th April, 2013, the vessels Pacific Heron and Pacific Egret safely arrived at their destination of Takahama on 27th of June and discharged their cargo of 20 Mox fuel assemblies. The voyage demonstrates again the ability of PNTL to transport nuclear cargos safely and securely around the world, while […]