Greenpeace on lookout for US nuclear waste shipment heading to France
AFP, October, 2004
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LONDON (AFP) — The environmental group Greenpeace stationed a ship off the English coast on the lookout for two vessels carrying weapons-grade plutonium from the United States to France, the group said.
Greenpeace spokesman Shaun Burnie said his group would be able to identify the two vessels as French environmental groups prepared protests, including road blockades, to prevent the loads being transported to processing plants.
He said the two ships carrying nuclear waste were originally expected to arrive late Saturday at the French port of Cherbourg but said it was unclear exactly when they were due to dock.
The Greenpeace ship MV Esperanza was anchored south of Weymouth, Dorset.
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The environmental protection charity also has members at Cherbourg ready for the ships's arrival.
"The ships were expected to arrive tonight (Saturday) but they obviously have their own plans and whether they are trying to evade us we don't ...
