Fire Risks Posed to Fuel Transport Flasks During Short Sea Crossings

Nuclear Transport Limited (NTL) is an international company formed in 1972 for the transportation of irradiated fuel from European nuclear reactors to the reprocessing plants of the United Kingdom (UK) and France. The transport of fuel flasks involves crossing the English Channel and NTL have utilised the Trainferry Nord Pas-de-Calais for the sea journey from Dunkirk in France to Dover in the south of England. Over 100 transports have been made through the port of Dover. Owned and operated by Sociate Nationale Armament Transmanche (SNAT}, an associate company of the French railway owner Sociate Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais (SNCF), the Trainferry makes three round trips daily.