Flotilla peacefully protests plutonium ships arrival

17 September, 2002: Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UNITED KINGDOM - For the second time in as many days, yachts from the Nuclear Free Irish Sea Flotilla have protested the transport of nuclear materials through the Irish Sea. This morning at 8.30 am six of the flotilla boats protested the arrival of the Pacific Pintail and Pacific Teal into Barrow docks near Sellafield at the end of the ships' infamous 18,000 mile journey from Japan to the UK.Full story

Plutonium ships sail through Irish Sea protest Flotilla

16 September, 2002: Fishguard, UNITED KINGDOM - The Nuclear Free Irish Sea Flotilla has encountered and protested against the two nuclear freighters entering the Irish Sea today, 28 miles off the coast of Ireland, 20 miles off the coast of the UK. Full story

Plutonium ships found off coast of France - Nuclear Free Irish Sea Flotilla prepares to protest

15 September, 2002: Fishguard, UNITED KINGDOM - The two armed nuclear freighters, the Pacific Pintail and Pacific Teal, carrying the now notorious shipment of rejected plutonium fuel were located earlier today by Greenpeace in the North Atlantic, 200 miles west of the French port of Brest.Full story

Nuclear Free Irish Sea Flotilla deployed

15 September, 2002: Holyhead, UNITED KINGDOM - The Nuclear Free Irish Sea Flotilla, supported by the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior, will be deployed in the Irish Sea early Sunday morning to protest against the two nuclear freighters due to arrive in Barrow-in-Furness, England in the next two to three days.Full story

Plutonium cat and mouse as ships move towards west coast of Ireland and Scotland

14 September, 2002: Holyhead, UNITED KINGDOM - In what is turning into a global game of cat and mouse with nuclear bomb material, Greenpeace today warned that a Japanese plutonium shipment bound for Sellafield could be heading for the west of Ireland and Scotland. Full story

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