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January 10, 2007 · about 19 years ago

Radiation ‘risk’ transport ship condemned

THE transport of plutonium off the Welsh coast was criticised by politicians last night as it emerged radioactive cargo was shipped through the Irish Sea on a former ferry. Safety fears over the use of the 20-year-old ship, Atlantic Osprey, on a journey between Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria and Cherb

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THE transport of plutonium off the Welsh coast was criticised by politicians last night as it emerged radioactive cargo was shipped through the Irish Sea on a former ferry.

Safety fears over the use of the 20-year-old ship, Atlantic Osprey, on a journey between Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria and Cherbourg in France were raised by the Wales Nuclear Free Local Authority Forum (NFLA).

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