Nuclear fuel return ‘shames BNFL’

THE return of shipments of radioactive plutonium fuel, rejected from Japan, is the final humiliation for British Nuclear Fuels, Greenpeace said yesterday.

Nuclear fuel return ‘shames BNFL’

Declaring the protest on the Irish Sea a success, a Greenpeace spokesperson said: “Today is a final humiliation for BNFL after a three-year, 36,000-mile round trip. Its reject plutonium is now back where it started.

“In the course of the journey, BNFL has taken great risks with environmental safety, ignored the protests of 80 countries around the world and outraged public opinion on four continents.

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