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The cargo compartments of the PNTL fleet are protected by a double hull configuration, extending to twenty per cent of the beam on both sides of each ship. In addition, the hulls are reinforced with 400 tonnes of extra steel to withstand collision damage.  
   
     





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PNTL in the Community


PNTL's operations are regularly reviewed and discussed at meetings of the Ramsden Dock Terminal Stakeholders Group (RDTSG) in Barrow, Cumbria.  The RDTSG acts as a channel of information and comment between PNTL and the community. 

The members of this group have agreed that the minutes of its meetings should be made publicly available through the PNTL website. 

Topics covered in the January 2009 meeting include:

  • Ship Construction Update
  • Operations Review
  • Emergency Response
  • Terminal Review
  • Environment, Health & Safety Review
  • Quality and Environmental Management Systems
 
     
   
     
     
 

Nuclear shipment expertise

  
     
  PNTL is the world's most experienced shipper of nuclear cargoes. PNTL has successfully completed over 170 nuclear shipments during the last 30 years.  
     
   
   

PNTL Safety In Depth


The pioneering safety design of PNTL vessels has set the standard for international regulations established by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).

Additional barriers have been engineered to separate the outside environment from the nuclear cargo being transported by PNTL.

The full "Safety in Depth" system encompasses the material itself, canisters, assemblies, special packages called "casks" or "flasks" and the protection provided by the reinforced double hulls of the PNTL fleet.

  
     
   
     
     
 
     
 

PNTL People:
Experienced and fully-trained

  
  PNTL's crews are fully trained and experienced. The Chief Officer on each PNTL ship holds a Master’s Certificate.

For nuclear shipments of MOX fuel and plutonium, armed officers of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) provide on-board protection from departure to arrival.

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PNTL News

  
     
Preparation of the fourth MOX maritime transport to Japan
8 February 2010 		 
       
Highly active waste departs UK for Japan
22 January 2010 		 
       
Update: Final preparations being made to return waste from Sellafield to overseas customers
20 January 2010 		 
       
   
     
     
 

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Latest progress in the Residue Export Facility

Sellafield Ltd's Residue Export Facility (REF) has entered the final stage of preparation before commencing the first return of solid highly active waste to overseas customers.

The facility, which checks and loads canisters into flasks prior to its shipment, has just successfully completed a key phase of active commissioning, carried out final inspections of the first return canisters and received its third licence instrument from the NII.
 
 
     
     
     
       
       
       



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