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MV Greenpeace sails from Dublin to Barrow, near Sellafield: to oppose secret plutonium fuel transport

Posted by admin — 9 July 1999 at 8:00am - Comments

MV Greenpeace

Greenpeace today called on the British, French and Japanese governments to ban the first shipment of plutonium fuel due to depart imminently from Europe to Japan. The international environmental organisation announced that it is sending MV Greenpeace, currently in Dublin, to Barrow, near Sellafield, where part of the deadly cargo is to be loaded. The SV Rainbow Warrior is currently travelling to Cherbourg France, where the rest of the deadly cargo will be loaded.

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