Ship Carrying Radioactive Waste (Stronium-90) from France to Arrive in Charleston, SC around Nov. 16; Three U.S.-Supplied Strontium-Bearing Electricity Generators to be Trucked to Nevada to DOE Nuclear Waste Dump; No Explanation Given as to Why France Won’t Deal with the Waste
Columbia, SC – A ship from France carrying highly radioactive strontium waste is soon to arrive in the port of Charleston, South Carolina, where the containers with the material would be offloaded and trucked to Nevada for disposal.
The British-flagged Pacific Heron departed France on November 5 and is estimated to arrive in Charleston on November 16, according to a French-language news release about which the public interest group Savannah River Site Watch (Columbia, South Carolina) was alerted. SRS Watch has observed various nuclear cargo ships entering and leaving the port of Charleston, including ships carrying weapon-grade plutonium so would not be surprised if the ship’s arrival happens at night.
full SRS Watch news release, November 11, 2020: SRS Watch on strontium to US on Pacific Heron Nov 11 2020
Photo: Pacific Heron at dock in home port of Barrow-in-Furness, England, 2016, by our friend Martin Forwood, Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment (CORE), special to SRS Watch