Radiation ’risk’ transport ship condemned
Jan 10 2007
Tryst Williams, Western Mail
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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