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Plutonium to be shipped from Sellafield

by isleofman.com 10th March 2008
A ship described as 'an ageing car ferry' is due to sail from Sellafield this week, down the Irish Sea, with hundreds of pounds of bomb grade plutonium oxide on board.

The former roll on roll-off ferry, which is not being named, apparently has 'a handful of guards on board'.

John Moss reports (audio file attached):

(Picture: An aerial view of the Sellafield site, from visitcumbria.com).
Posted by isleofman.com
Monday 10th, March 2008 07:02pm.

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