Plutonium shipment reaches France

06 Oct 2004

A shipment of plutonium from scrapped US nuclear warheads has arrived at a French reprocessing plant, despite protests from environmental activists. The 140kg (308lb) of plutonium reached Cherbourg aboard two armed British freighters early on Wednesday. It was then loaded onto lorries and driven to the plant in nearby La Hague, accompanied by a heavy police escort.Full Story

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