Reject plutonium ends 18,000 mile journey

A train carrying radioactive plutonium fuel which was rejected from Japan today arrived at the Sellafield nuclear plant to complete the last leg of an 18,000 mile journey.

The Pacific Pintail freighter earlier today delivered the BNFL-owned fuel to a train after docking at the Cumbrian port of Barrow-in-Furness amid a sea of protests from environmental campaigners.