Nuclear Waste Ban in Panama Urged
<i> Reuters</i>
WASHINGTON —
Environmental groups called on the U.S. on Tuesday to bar Britain, France and Japan from using the Panama Canal to ship nuclear waste around the world.
At issue is the route of a British-flagged freighter, the Pacific Swan. It is due to leave Cherbourg, France, for Japan on Jan. 23 carrying waste encased in 60 half-ton glass logs sealed in stainless steel canisters, according to Greenpeace International and the private Nuclear Control Institute.
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