FRANCE: A SHIPMENT OF REPORCESSED NUCLEAR WASTE IS DUE TO LEAVE CHERBOURG FOR JAPAN

Record ID: 983522

  • Title: FRANCE: A SHIPMENT OF REPORCESSED NUCLEAR WASTE IS DUE TO LEAVE CHERBOURG FOR JAPAN
  • Date: 24th February 1999
  • Summary: CHERBOURG, FRANCE (FEBRUARY 24, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. PAN FROM CHERBOURG HARBOUR TO PACIFIC SWAN 0.11 2. SLV/SV PACIFIC SWAN (3 SHOTS) 0.33 3. SV COGEMA DOCK WORKERS 0.38 4. CU CONTAINERS CARRYING REPROCESSED NUCLEAR FUEL BEING LOADED ONTO SHIP (2 SHOTS) 1.05 5. SLV/SV CONTAINERS BEING LOADED ONTO SHIP (2 SHOTS) 1.15 6. SV POLICE 1.17 7. PAN HARBOUR TO PACIFIC SWAN 1.21 8. MCU DOCK WORKERS 1.25 9. SLV POLICE GUARD BOAT 1.30 10. SV CATHERINE TISSOT-COLE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL OF NUCLEAR TRANSPORT FOR COGEMA WALKING WITH REPORTER 1.38 11. MCU (English) TISSOT-COLE: "We consider that there is a high degree of safety in this type of transport because the (nuclear) material is very stable, the material is contained in dedicated casks specially designed for heat and we use specialised ships with double hulls and double equipement in order to ensure safety." 2.01 12. SV TISSOT-COLE WITH REPORTER 2.04 13. MCU (French) TISSOT-COLE: "We've had two operations of this type with Germany and we are sure that Germany will take back its waste. With Japan, there is not as much of a political problem as you know. Japan has a coherent, long-term nuclear policy and we are working with Japan to set up a schedule for the return of their nuclear waste." 2.27 14. SV REPORTER TALKING TO GREENPEACE SPOKESMAN YANNICK RAUSSELET 2.30 15. MCU (French) FRENCH: "The extraction of plutonium generates a considerable amount of waste which, in the overwhelming majority of cases, is still on french soil and will remain here. That's why Cogema is under judicial investigation for endangering people and the illegal storage of foreign nuclear waste on French territory. Of course, the French justice system will decide. But what is certain is that the waste that has been buried underground will never be returned to Japan." 2.50 16. SLV PACIFIC SWAN IN HARBOUR 2.57 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: CHERBOURG, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA8789YE217RMZULU0OGJIZ6ZN3
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