Two ships departed from Barrow-in-Furness in West Cumbria this morning for Japan where they will collect a shipment of MOX fuel for which the safety data had been falsified. This is an absolutely necessary step to ensure future Japanese contracts for the sellafield MOX plant and as such it is in contravention of assurances given by the UK government to the International Tribunal last November before the plant was commisioned. For story and background follow related link to www.indymedia.ie