| Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) is the world’s most experienced shipper of nuclear cargoes. Its ships are dedicated to the transportation of nuclear material that is classified by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of the United Nations at its highest level of “Class INF 3”. The “INF Code” regulates shipments by sea of used (spent) fuel, plutonium and highly radioactive waste.
PNTL has successfully completed over 170 nuclear shipments over the last 30 years, including:
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· Used commercial nuclear fuel from Japan to ports in the UK and France
· Vitrified high-level waste (HLW) from France to Japan
· Mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from the UK and France to Japan
· Research reactor (Materials Test Reactor) used fuel from Japan and Europe to the United States
· Plutonium dioxide from the United States to Europe |
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In each case, the nuclear material is shipped in specially designed packages known as casks or flasks.
The ships have safely covered more than 5 million miles and there has never been a single incident resulting in the release of radioactivity.
Over 2,000 casks of nuclear material have been safely transported by PNTL.
PNTL operates as a subsidiary company of International Nuclear Services and its fleet is managed by James Fisher and Sons plc of Barrow, England, one of the United Kingdom’s leading providers of marine services. PNTL is owned by International Nuclear Services, Areva and Japanese nuclear companies.
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