Nuclear waste ship heads for Australia, despite safety fears
A ship carrying nuclear waste to Australia has left a French port despite warnings from environmentalists that the vessel may be unsafe.
Greenpeace and French environmental campaigners had called for the shipment, sent by France-based nuclear company Areva, to be stopped.
The BBC Shanghai is due to reach Australia by 27 November.
French officials said an inspection had revealed no problems that could prevent the ship from sailing.
The 25 tonnes of nuclear waste comes from Areva's reprocessing plant in Beaumont-Hague, near the port of Cherbourg, from where the ship set sail on Thursday.
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