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26 April 2002: BNFL NUCLEAR TRANSPORT SHIPS LEAVE UK PORT AMID CONTROVERY
London - Two BNFL-chartered vessels departed from the port of Barrow today. The ships, which are armed and carry UKAEA police to "protect" their highly controversial cargo, are to collect and return to the UK with plutonium MOX rejected by Japan. Full story.

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7 April 2002: WEAPONS POTENTIAL OF JAPAN'S COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR PROGRAM CONFIRMED
London - The myth of a peaceful energy program exposed: High ranking Japanese politician Ichiro Ozawa confirmed that the nation's commercial plutonium stockpiles could be used to create nuclear weapons. Full story.

27 March 2002: BNFL NUCLEAR TRANSPORT SHIP FIRE RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS
London - One of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) nuclear transport ships, the Atlantic Osprey, caught fire during its voyage from dry dock in Manchester to the Irish Sea, it was revealed today. Full story.

27 February 2002: IMMINENT THREAT FROM JAPANESE PLUTONIUM TRANSPORT – PERFECT TERRORIST TARGET
London - The countdown to one of the most controversial nuclear transports in history has begun today, Greenpeace warned, with the approval by the Bush Administration for the return of plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from Japan to the UK in the next few months.
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February 2002: NUCLEAR SPONSORSHIP FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP?
French nuclear comapany Areva is sponsoring French yacht Defi in the next America's Cup challenge. Areva denies any link with French nuclear testing and other military programmes. This is false and misleading. Visit Greenpeace's web site in New Zealand for more information or download the briefing (pdf).

28 January 2002: ANOTHER SAFETY SCANDAL SHAMES EUROPE’S NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
Paris, France: Europe’s nuclear industry may be on the brink of yet another humiliating crisis, after it was revealed that more substandard shipments of nuclear fuel have been rejected by Japan. Press release.