MV Pacific Egret
Pacific Egret is an INF Class 3 nuclear waste carrier launched in January 2010.
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| Name: | Pacific Egret |
| Owner: | Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd |
| Builder: | Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, Tamano |
| Launched: | 12 January 2010 |
| Homeport: | Barrow-in-Furness |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Class and type: | INF Class 3 vessel |
| Tonnage: | 6776 GT |
| Length: | 103.9 m |
Construction
Pacific Egret was built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, Tamano, Japan. She was launched on 12 January 2010. Her homeport is Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.[1]
It was purpose-built to carry plutonium, highly-enriched uranium and mixed-oxide nuclear fuel. It is fitted with naval guns, cannons and other means of repelling assaults.[2]
gollark: It was somewhat hard to find a decent phone below 6" or so when I was looking recently (yes I am using inches for screen size, yes the metric system is generally better, do not kill/laser me), when the standard a few years back was 5" as basically the biggest you would get.
gollark: It's weird, since people's *hands* aren't getting bigger.
gollark: Alternatively, at least a nuclear-powered watch, so I can avoid the hassle of changing the battery every 7 years.
gollark: RTG-powered phones really *would* be convenient.
gollark: Which for some EXTREMELY ANNOYING reason, rarely let you replace the battery without problems.
References
- "PNTL launches 'Pacific Egret'". Motorship. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- MacLeod, Ian (30 March 2014). "Covert mission: Plutonium source might be Canada". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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