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 […]