Nuclear shipments ban to go?

Last updated 16:13, Wednesday, 08 October 2008

SELLAFIELD is one step away from having its ban on plutonium shipments lifted.

The ban or prohibition notice was imposed in June after it was discovered that a shipment of the highly radioactive material from Sellafield to France failed to meet regulations. The embarrassment arose over a failure to comply with the Department of Transport’s certificate of approval.

But yesterday Sellafield Ltd revealed that the prohibition notice had been revised by consent and they would be working closely with the DfT to ensure that a remaining item on the agreed schedule of the notice would be completed as soon as possible. A spokesman for the firm hoped it would lead to the notice being lifted and shipments resumed to France and elsewhere.