First shipment of Highly Enriched Uranium spent fuel arrived
at Dover on 26th September 1991.
The spent fuel originates from an experimental reactor in Brunswick Germany
(formerly West Germany).
The flasks were left unguarded over night for ten hours and caused immense
media attention. The cargo travelled by rail to Winfrith, Dorset and
subsequently by road to Dounreay in the north of Scotland. Scottish activists
(some town councillors) tried to stop the vehicle crossing the Scottish border.
National radio and television took up the story.
Dr. Don Arlott, a nuclear expert said, "It is inconceivable that a cargo
as
hazardous as this, which could easily be turned into a nuclear bomb,
should travel by roll on roll off ferry across the channel,
and ultimately by road the length of Britain".
