Following a public notification on 21st March 2013, Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) has announced that it will transport MOX to Japan in the near future. The departure port will be Cherbourg. The PNTL vessels to be used will be Pacific Heron and Pacific Egret and there will be a media centre established at the port […]
Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) is planning to transport Mox fuel from France to Japan.The regulations governing the security of such transports require some specific details of the preparations and operation not to be disclosed. However, they do allow for some information to be released to maximise transparency, so PNTL will release the following information: […]
This morning, the Pacific Grebe departed the port of Barrow-in-Furness carrying a one flask containing 28 canisters of highly active waste bound for Japan. It is estimated that it will arrive in Japan in the second half of February and will transit the Panama Canal en route. The departure of the vessel is an important […]
Following on from its notification in December, INS and PNTL will ship highly active waste from Sellafield to Japan in the near future. The vessel used will be the Pacific Grebe, a state-of-the-art purpose-built ship crewed by some of the most experienced nuclear transport mariners in the world. Shortly after the vessel has departed, broad […]
International Nuclear Services and its subsidiary Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited are making preparations to ship highly active waste (HAW) from Sellafield to Japan in 2013. This will be the 15th such shipment from Europe and the third from the UK and will be carried out in partnership with Sellafield Ltd. The transport from Sellafield is […]