Shipment of Bomb-Grade Plutonium Reaches France
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A shipment of 308 pounds of U.S. weapons-grade plutonium arrived in the French port of Cherbourg Wednesday, despite protests by anti-nuclear campaigners who fear it is vulnerable to a terrorist attack.
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A heavily guarded convoy of vehicles believed to be transporting U.S. weapons-grade plutonium left a plant in northern France on Thursday for a recycling factory 660 miles southeast.
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PARIS, Aug 17 (IPS) - The fatal accident at the Japanese nuclear power  plant Mihama last week has raised fears about French nuclear  facilities -- and also the desire to have more.
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CHERBOURG, France  - A heavily guarded ship  carrying a large shipment of U.S. weapons-grade plutonium  docked in the French port of Cherbourg on Wednesday, defying  protesters who say the shipment is vulnerable to terrorist  attack.
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Greenpeace plans to intercept two ships carrying weapons-grade plutonium as they pass through the English Channel.
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BELGRADE, Sep 25 (IPS) - A decision to send 2.5 tonnes of radioactive  nuclear rods back to Russia finally ends concerns over the  presence of the nuclear waste near capital Belgrade.
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A consortium of major industrial nations has not been able to agree on where to build the world&#39;s first nuclear fusion reactor, but the European Union is making it clear that one will be built in France, in any case.
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A B-52 bomber flies from North Dakota to Louisiana with a nuclear payload it didn't realize it had.
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A shipment of weapons-grade plutonium has left the United States for a nuclear reactor in France, drawing protests from activists who believe the shipment poses both an environmental and terrorist threat.
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Working under tight security from helicopters and police, port crews unloaded US military plutonium from a British ship on Wednesday after its arrival in northwest France, nuclear industry officials said.
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A shipment of 140 kg of United States weapons-grade plutonium arrived in the French port of Cherbourg last night, despite protests by anti-nuclear campaigners who fear it is vulnerable to a terrorist attack.
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World News, Cherbourg, France: Two armed freighters carrying plutonium from scrapped US nuclear warheads have docked in the French port of Cherbourg.
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The United States will remove from military stockpiles nine tonnes of plutonium, enough for more than 1,000 atom bombs, to demonstrate its commitment to non-proliferation, the U.S. energy secretary said on Monday.
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Two ships with plutonium from scrapped US nuclear warheads arrive in the French port of Cherbourg.
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A large consignment of uranium - most of it highly enriched - has been flown to Russia from eastern Germany.
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A trans-Atlantic shipment of plutonium from the United States appeared off France's western coast on Tuesday, activists said.
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The UK must ensure its plutonium stockpile - enough for 17,000 bombs - stays in safe hands, a report warns.