Japan nuclear waste ship to go round Cape Horn

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Japan nuclear waste ship to go round Cape Horn
  
TOKYO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - A ship carrying reprocessed nuclear waste 
bound for Japan from France will use a route that will take it around 
Cape Horn on the southern tip of South America, Japanese industry 
officials said on Wednesday. 

The ship, which left the northern French port of Cherbourg on 
Tuesday, is expected to arrive in Rokkasho in Aomori prefecture, 
northern Japan in late February, they said. 

It is the sixth such shipment of reprocessed nuclear waste to return 
to Japan. 

Previous shipments have sparked criticism from countries whose waters 
lie in the route of the shipment, as well as anti-nuclear campaigners 
who say the vessel carrying the toxic waste poses a threat to the 
environment and to the public. 

The vitrified spent fuel, processed by France's Cogema, is being 
transported in 192 containers. 

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