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Plutonium to be shipped from Sellafield

A ship described as 'an ageing car ferry' is due to sail from Sellafield this week, down the Irish Sea, with hundreds of pounds of bomb grade plutonium oxide on board.

The former roll on roll-off ferry, which is not being named, apparently has 'a handful of guards on board'.

John Moss reports (audio file attached):

(Picture: An aerial view of the Sellafield site, from visitcumbria.com).

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