SANTIAGO, Dec. 29 — Citing environmental hazards, the Chilean government and environmentalists are objecting to the scheduled passage next month of a ship carrying French-processed nuclear waste to Japan via Cape Horn. The vessel “Pacific Swan,” owned by a unit of British Nuclear Fuels, is loaded with 77 metric tons of vitrified spent fuel — a highly radioactive product made of waste material from nuclear reactors mixed with glass.
“WE HAVE made it known that we are upset about this and we will do everything possible to avoid this kind of transport off our coastline,” said Luis Winter, director of foreign policy in Chile’s Foreign Ministry.
But Winter acknowledged there was little the government could do since this type of cargo is permitted under international law.
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“WE HAVE made it known that we are upset about this and we will do everything possible to avoid this kind of transport off our coastline,” said Luis Winter, director of foreign policy in Chile’s Foreign Ministry.
But Winter acknowledged there was little the government could do since this type of cargo is permitted under international law.
Want to learn more?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/509246.asp
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"Everything was true. God was an alien. Oz really is over the
rainbow. ...and Midian is where the monsters live." -Nightbreed
"The quickest way to a woman's heart, is with a pickaxe." - Cryptkeeper