Be alert to the movement of UK-flagged spent fuel carrier PACIFIC EGRET

ATTENTION MARINERS AND SHIP SPOTTERS near Charleston, South Carolina! Be alert to the movement of UK-flagged spent fuel carrier PACIFIC EGRET. March 16, 2019 alert, based only on information available to the general public. Citizens have the right to know what foreign and domestic nuclear waste is coming to SRS and how it will be managed!

The ship is believed to be carrying highly radioactive research reactor spent fuel from research reactors in Greece and Portugal and perhaps from other countries as well (Italy, Israel?). The ship could arrive any time at a military dock up the Cooper River. The spent fuel is expected to be promptly off loaded and transported to the Savannah River Site for storage in the L-Basin.

The spent fuel from the GRR-1 in Greece is most likely low-enriched uranium as highly enriched uranium was removed before the Athens Olympics. So why is it coming to SRS if there is no proliferation concern)? The RPI reactor in Portugal stopped using HEU years ago so is this a last shipment of HEU fuel or is it LEU? DOE should clarify details after the ship’s arrival.

list of research reactors linked here 

photo of Pacific Egret in home port of Barrow-in-Furness, England, courtesy of Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment (CORE)