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NUCLEAR plutonium from U.S. to France, GREENPEACE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 - Greenpeace warns
the environmental organization noted the risks of transporting
a load of 150 kilograms of plutonium in powder form for use
war that is about to leave the naval base in Charleston ,
in South Carolina, directed to the port of Cherbourg, France
. Li 'will be treated to make fuel for nuclear reactors
commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy
.
According to notices from Greenpeace, the operation,
that in some respects and 'novel, and' extremely risky
and transport was a target for terrorist attacks
. The environmental organization
reconstructs the movement of plutonium in powder form, providing information that
and 'impossible to verify in an official way.
The radioactive material 'party by land
laboratories of Los Alamos, New Mexico, three special vehicles equipped
armed escort, and it' arrived at one o'clock in the morning
local station in the Navy in Charleston, where '
ongoing Lopera loading on board a ship flying the British flag and
with armament.
Once you have crossed the Atlantic, plutonium,
unloaded in the port of Cherbourg, northern France, will be 'brought in by land
Caradache nuclear power station, near Marseille
. Here, it will be 'submitted by a company' public
the Areva / Cogema, a treatment to make it four
assembled fuel to power nuclear reactors. After that, the assembled
will return to Charleston and from there
reach their destinations on American soil.
United States does not have facilities suitable
the management of plutonium in dust and air transport
not 'allowed since it does not exist
containers capable of transporting radioactive material
and able to withstand any impact in the event of a disaster or an attack
.
The entire operation is part
in international agreements to dismantle nuclear warheads based on plutonium obsolete
or removed in the implementation of disarmament treaties. But
analysis of Greenpeace, there 'is a risk that it promotes
instead of countering nuclear proliferation.
The U.S. Department of Energy, responsible
operation, maintains silence on the costs and says
Greenpeace, he has not 'bothered to prepare an environmental impact study
for the area of Charleston.
According to Greenpeace, the operation presents the greatest risks in particular during transport and on French soil in the Central Caradache, closed in 2003 for a
leakage of radioactive material and re-telling the ambientalistiproprio
for the processing of cargo coming from
United States.