FRA 4 MONTHS RETURN 'RETURN. GREENPEACE, '30 ATOMIC BOMB '
(ANSA) - PARIS, 23 September - Walking around the globe from France to the United States
, with 30 bombs in the trunk: a
exceptional load of weapons-grade plutonium, the party
Carolina South, is already 'plowing the Atlantic direct to
coast of Normandy. In trucks, the''outing''will continue 'until
the south of France. Then, in four months, astern
is back in America.
For Greenpeace, the most 'Association
crusading environmentalist, there' to ask''whether it really makes sense
to traverse great distances in a ship loaded with plutonium in an era
in which world security and 'so' fragile.''
protests and antinuclear
initiatives announced in France in the coming days''would lead to
fun for the country's 30 nuclear bombs''
antinuclear protest.
The two vessels, meanwhile, each with a load of 140 kilograms of plutonium
(with the total manufacturing is about thirty
atomic bomb), set sail from Charleston for the cruise two weeks
that will lead 'to Cherbourg. No danger -
ensure the French nuclear group, which deals
waste treatment, Areva - the two ships are true
''floating fortresses.'' The entire program of recycling plutonium
missile sent by a retired American
earn 'the company' French € 243 million.
The U.S. program is called 'Mox for peace' and consists of making fuel for nuclear power plants
34 tons of plutonium produced by the carriers of weapons that were deployed to
the Cold War.
The transformation in Mox
(composed of plutonium and depleted uranium) will be 'in the United States
, but before reaching that stage, the plutonium must be''recharged''
and this' seems to be possible only
in central Cadarache in southern France,
region of Marseille.
After his stay in France, the plutonium will be back 'in
South Carolina, to be tested in the Catawba reactor. A
January and 'set the return at the beginning of March
test.
But for now, 'especially the journey to worry:
seems - but of course the conditions of carriage are
top secret - that the two vessels are equipped with plutonium
guns to defend themselves from intruders, thieves or terrorists that
be. The''fortress''is English and therefore 'protected
British commandos, have armored hulls are made of steel and
followed step by step from a satellite. Their arrival in Cherbourg, where to wait for the 300 pounds of plutonium, there will be '
a long journey on the highway, 800 kilometers by truck to the
Bouches du Rhone, will take over' the French stock. The Areva
take care 'of all the technical side:''We
15 years experience in the transportation of hazardous materials,''
guarantee the executives of the company'. While acknowledging that''and 'the first time that Areva will manufacture
' Mox plutonium from military and civilian.''
If everything goes 'in the right direction, they point to the
U.S. officials and their French allies,''the leftovers of the Cold War''''
ability to provide power' on
a city 'of 100,000 people for a whole year.''
(ANSA).
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