{"id":493774,"date":"2022-09-17T14:54:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T11:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/france-sends-latest-nuclear-shipment-to-japan\/"},"modified":"2022-09-17T14:54:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T11:54:09","slug":"france-sends-latest-nuclear-shipment-to-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/france-sends-latest-nuclear-shipment-to-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"#France sends latest nuclear shipment to Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a408d9a57a72\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a408d9a57a72\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/france-sends-latest-nuclear-shipment-to-japan\/#%E2%80%9CFrance_sends_latest_nuclear_shipment_to_Japan%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;France sends latest nuclear shipment to Japan&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFrance_sends_latest_nuclear_shipment_to_Japan%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;France sends latest nuclear shipment to Japan&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/environmental-activist-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/environmental-activist-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Environmental activists have denounced the practice of transporting highly radioactive materials.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/environmental-activist-1.jpg\" alt=\"Environmental activists have denounced the practice of transporting highly radioactive materials\" title=\"Environmental activists have denounced the practice of transporting highly radioactive materials.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Environmental activists have denounced the practice of transporting highly radioactive materials.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two ships carrying reprocessed nuclear fuel destined for Japan set sail Saturday morning from northern France, an AFP photographer said, despite criticism from environmental campaigners.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                The fuel was due to leave the northern French port city of Cherbourg earlier this month but was delayed by the breakdown of loading equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental activists have denounced the practice of transporting such highly radioactive materials, calling it irresponsible.<\/p>\n<p>The previous transport of MOX fuel to Japan in September 2021 drew protests from environmental group Greenpeace. <\/p>\n<p>MOX fuel is a mixture of reprocessed plutonium and uranium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Pacific Heron and Pacific Egret, the specialised ships belonging to British company PNTL, left Cherbourg harbour on September 17. They will ensure the shipment of MOX nuclear fuel to Japan,&#8221; French nuclear <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> group Orano said in a statement Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>They are bound for Japan for use in a power plant and Orano said it expected the shipment to arrive in November.<\/p>\n<p>Japan lacks facilities to process waste from its own nuclear reactors and sends most of it overseas, particularly to France.<\/p>\n<p>The operation was carried out &#8220;successfully&#8221;, Orano said, and it is the second shipment that arrived in Cherbourg from a plant in La Hague, located 20 kilometres (12 miles) away, after the first came on September 7.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/mox-fuel-is-a-mixture.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/mox-fuel-is-a-mixture.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Mox fuel is a mixture of reprocessed plutonium and uranium.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/mox-fuel-is-a-mixture.jpg\" alt=\"Mox fuel is a mixture of reprocessed plutonium and uranium\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Mox fuel is a mixture of reprocessed plutonium and uranium.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yannick Rousselet of Greenpeace France previously denounced the shipment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Transporting such dangerous materials from a nuclear proliferation point of view is completely irresponsible,&#8221; he said last month.<\/p>\n<p>MOX is composed of 92 percent uranium oxide and eight percent plutonium oxide, according to Orano. <\/p>\n<p>The plutonium &#8220;is not the same as that used by the military,&#8221; it said.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-medium text-info mt-2 d-inline-block\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2017-07-sixth-mox-nuclear-shipment-france.html\">Sixth MOX nuclear shipment leaves France for Japan<\/a>\n                                        <\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 France sends latest nuclear shipment to Japan (2022, September 17)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 17 September 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/techxplore.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-09-france-latest-nuclear-shipment-japan.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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