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Re: Argentine judge bans US ship with nuclear cargo



Like I said nothing like blocking safe passage around

the horn this time of year. My bet is they will transit

the line....... 



On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:49:07 -0800 (PST), John Jacobus

wrote:



> 

> Will the Argentinian government enforce this ban? 

> Just how far do Argentinian waters extend?

> 

> --- Charly Frey <cfrey@ssi-group.net> wrote:

> > Argentine judge bans US ship with nuclear cargo 

> > 

> > 

> >      

> >       

> >      

> >       BUENOS AIRES: An Argentine judge has banned a

> > US ship laden with high-level nuclear waste from

> > Argentine territorial waters.

> > 

> >       Federal Judge Jorge Pflejer decided in favor

> > of a suit by the state government in Chubut,

> > southern Argentina.

> > 

> > 

> >       The US freighter sought to sail around Cape

> > Horn carrying waste from a dismantled nuclear

> > reactor, according to court documents presented by

> > Chabut state attorney Jorge Miquelarena.

> > 

> >       "The goal is not only to keep the boat out of

> > our ports, but also out of Argentine waters," he

> > said.

> > 

> >       Environmental groups Greenpeace and Taller

> > Ecologista gave Chabut state Governor Mario Das

> > Neves the information to file the suit.

> > 

> >       Southern California Edison shipped the

> > dismantled the reactor from San Onofre, California

> > to a waste site in Barnwell, South Carolina. 

> > 

> >       The trip from California, around Cape Horn at

> > the southern tip of Chile and Argentina and up to

> > the Carolinas is about 20,000 kilometers (12,500

> > miles).

> >      

> > 

> 

> 

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> against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

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> 

> -- John

> John Jacobus, MS

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