Migratory birds rest at the wetlands of Hokersar, north of Srinagar, December 9, 2009. More than 600,000 migratory birds including shovellers, common teals, graylag geese, gadwalls, Pintail, mallards, and coots flew down in the wetlands of the troubled Kashmir region from Central Asia and Siberia, wildlife officer Gulam Ahmad Lone said. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN- ADMINISTERED KASHMIR ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

A flock of migratory birds fly across a wetland in Hokersar, north of Srinagar, December 9, 2009. More than 600,000 migratory birds including shovellers, common teals, graylag geese, gadwalls, Pintail, mallards, and coots flew down in the wetlands of the troubled Kashmir region from Central Asia and Siberia, wildlife officer Gulam Ahmad Lone said. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN- ADMINISTERED KASHMIR ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

Pintail migratory birds fly across a wetland in Hokersar, 10 km (6 miles) north of Srinagar, November 24, 2006. More than 500,000 migratory birds including Shovellers, Common Teals, Graylag Geese, Gadwalls, Kingfishers, Mallards, and Coots have arrived in the wetlands of the troubled Kashmir region from Central Asia and Siberia, wildlife officials said. Picture taken November 24, 2006. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

A gendarme takes a photograph of a Greenpeace activist who is wedged near the wheels of a truck they used as a roadblock during anti-nuclear protests in Cherbourg, October 5, 2004. [Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutonium are due to arrive from the United States in Cherbourg. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern French port some 1,200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, southern France.] ?? law requires that faces of French law enforcement officials are masked in publications in France 

Greenpeace activists on their boat demonstrate in front of the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of [weapons]-grade plutonium after it's arrival from the United States at the Cherbourg harbor October 6, 2004. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern French port some 1200 kilometers by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. 

The container of 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium is unloaded from the Pacific Pacific Pintail after arrival Cherbourg harbor. The container of 140 kg of weapons-grade plutonium is unloaded from the Pacific Pacific Pintail after it's arrival from the United States at the Cherbourg harbor October 6, 2004. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern French port some 1200 kilometers by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. REUTERS/Victor Tonelli 

The container of 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium is unloaded from the Pacific Pacific Pintail after his arrival from the United States at the Cherbourg harbor. The container of 140 kg of weapons-grade plutonium is unloaded from the Pacific Pacific Pintail after it's arrival from the United States at the Cherbourg harbor October 6, 2004. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern french port some 1200 kilometers by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. REUTERS/Victor Tonelli 

Greenpeace activists on their boat demonstrate in front of the Pacific Pacific Pintail at the Cherbourg harbor. Greenpeace activists on their boat demonstrate in front of the Pacific Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutonium after it's arrival from the United States at the Cherbourg harbor October 6, 2004. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern French port some 1200 kilometers by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. REUTERS/Victor Tonelli 

A gendarme photographs a Greenpeace activist wedged near the wheels of a truck used as a roadblock during anti-nuclear protests in Cherbourg. A gendarme takes a photograph of a Greenpeace activist who is wedged near the wheels of a truck they used as a roadblock during anti-nuclear protests in Cherbourg, October 5, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutonium are due to arrive from the United States in Cherbourg. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern French port some 1,200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, southern France. ++French law requires that faces of French law enforcement officials are masked in publications in France++ REUTERS/Victor Tonelli 

Greenpeace activists man a roadblock, with the COEGEMA nuclear waste treatment plant in the distance, during anti-nuclear protests in Cherbourg, October 5, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium are due to arrive from the United States in Cherbourg. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern French port some 1200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. REUTERS/Victor Tonelli JNA/JES/acm 

Greenpeace activist French skipper Eugene Riguidel leaves the Cherbourg marine weapons base after been set free in France October 4, 2004. Three members of Greenpeace was arrested yesterday after being caught in a restricted zone during a demonstration against the arrival in Cherbourg of two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of [weapons]-grade plutonium. [The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern french port some 1200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. ] 

Greenpeace activists French skipper Eugene Riguidel (L) and Jon Castel (R) former captain of the Rainbow Warrior leave the Cherbourg marine [weapons] base after been set free in France October 4, 2004. Three members of Greenpeace was arrested yesterday after being caught in a restricted zone during a demonstration against the arrival in Cherbourg of two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of [weapons]-grade plutonium. [The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern french port some 1200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. ] 

Greenpeace activists French skipper Eugene Riguidel and Jon Castel former captain of the Rainbow Warrior leave the Cherbourg marine weapons base. Greenpeace activists French skipper Eugene Riguidel (L) and Jon Castel (R) former captain of the Rainbow Warrior leave the Cherbourg marine weapons base after been set free in France October 4, 2004. Three members of Greenpeace was arrested yesterday after being caught in a restricted zone during a demonstration against the arrival in Cherbourg of two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutonium. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern french port some 1200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. REUTERS/Victor Tonelli 

Greenpeace activist French skipper Eugene Riguidel leaves the Cherbourg marine weapons base after been set free in France October 4, 2004. Three members of Greenpeace was arrested yesterday after being caught in a restricted zone during a demonstration against the arrival in Cherbourg of two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern French port some 1200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. REUTERS/Victor Tonelli JNA/ACM 

Vehicles drive past a roadside sign reading 'No' to the military nuclear cargo, during a protest by Greenpeace activists near Cherbourg, France October 2, 2004. [Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, left the United States for Cherbourg on September 20 transporting weapons-grade plutonium for reprocessing in France.] 

-PHOTO TAKEN 01OCT04- The Greenpeace vessel MV Esperanza searches for two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, on the border of French and UK waters between Guernsey and Start Point, October 1, 2004. The two ships left the U.S. on September 20, 2004 to transport 140 kg of [weapons]-grade plutonium to the port of Cherbourg in France. Picture taken October 1, 2004. 

Vehicles drive past demonstrating Greenpeace anti-nuclear activists on a road from Cherbourg and the COGEMA nuclear reprocessing plant at La Hague, October 2, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium, left the U.S. September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern french port some 1200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol PR/SM 

Greenpeace windsurfers stage an anti-nuclear protest in Cherbourg harbour October 2, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium, left the U.S. September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. The slogan on the banner they are transporting reads: The Quest - Do away with Nuclear! REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol PR/SM 

French gendarmes (rear) shadow Greenpeace activists in inflatable boats during an anti-nuclear protest in Cherbourg harbour October 2, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium, left the U.S. September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol PR/JS 

Vehicles drive past a roadside sign reading 'No' to the military nuclear cargo, during a protest by Greenpeace activists near Cherbourg. Vehicles drive past a roadside sign reading 'No' to the military nuclear cargo, during a protest by Greenpeace activists near Cherbourg, France October 2, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, left the United States for Cherbourg on September 20 transporting weapons-grade plutonium for reprocessing in France. REUTERS/Victor Tonelli 

Greenpeace activists with a banner which reads 'Stop Plutonium' on their boat, sail from the port of Cherbourg October1, 2004. The activists boat is a part of the citizen's flotilla to protest against the plutonium transported by ship between [United States] and Cherbourg port. [Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of [weapons]-grade plutonium, left the U.S. On September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. ] 

A auto drives past a roadside inflatable 'nuclear bomb' as part of a protest by Greenpeace activists on a road from Cherbourg and the COGEMA nuclear reprocessing plant at La Hague, October 1, 2004. [Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium, left the US September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg.] 

Greenpeace activists with a banner which reads 'Stop Plutonium' on their boat, sail from the port of Cherbourg October1, 2004. The activists boat is a part of the citizen's flotilla to protest against the plutonium transported by ship between United States and Cherbourg port. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutonium, left the U.S. On September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol PR/JS/ABP 

Vehicles drive past a roadside inflatable 'nuclear bomb' as part of a protest by Greenpeace activists near Cherbourg. Vehicles drive past a roadside inflatable 'nuclear bomb' as part of a protest by Greenpeace activists on a road from Cherbourg and the COGEMA nuclear reprocessing plant at La Hague, October 1, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium, left the US September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol 

A auto drives past a roadside inflatable 'nuclear bomb' as part of a protest by Greenpeace activists on a road from Cherbourg and the COGEMA nuclear reprocessing plant at La Hague, October 1, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium, left the US September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol PR/JS 

Greenpeace activists roll barells painted with the radioactive warning symbol as they prepare a mock checkpoint on a road from Cherbourg and the COGEMA nuclear reprocessing plant of La Hague, September 30, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of [weapons]-grade plutomium, left the US September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern french port some 1200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. 

Greenpeace activists install an inflatable "nuclear bomb" during a protest on a road from Cherbourg and the COGEMA nuclear reprocessing plant of La Hague, September 30, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of [weapons]-grade plutomium, left the US September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. 

Greenpeace activists prepare a symbolic inflated nuclear bomb at a mock checkpoint on a road from Cherbourg and the COGEMA nuclear reprocessing plant of La Hague, September 30, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of [weapons]-grade plutomium, left the US September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern french port some 1200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. 

Greenpeace activists install an inflatable 'nuclear bomb' during a protest. Greenpeace activists install an inflatable 'nuclear bomb' during a protest on a road from Cherbourg and the COGEMA nuclear reprocessing plant of La Hague, September 30, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium, left the US September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol PR/THI 

Greenpeace activists prepare a symbolic inflated nuclear bomb at a mock checkpoint on a road from Cherbourg and the COGEMA nuclear reprocessing plant of La Hague, September 30, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium, left the US September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern french port some 1200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol PR/JS/THI 

Greenpeace activists roll barells painted with the radioactive warning symbol as they prepare a mock checkpoint on a road from Cherbourg and the COGEMA nuclear reprocessing plant of La Hague, September 30, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium, left the US September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. The nuclear waste will be conditioned here before being transported from this Northwestern french port some 1200 kms by road to a plutonium fuel fabrication facility in Cadarache, Southern France. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol PR/JS 

Greenpeace activists install an inflatable "nuclear bomb" during a protest on a road from Cherbourg and the COGEMA nuclear reprocessing plant of La Hague, September 30, 2004. Two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, transporting 140 kg of weapons-grade plutomium, left the US September 20 and are soon due to arrive in Cherbourg. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol PR/JS 

Greenpeace vessel MV Esperanza searches for two ships carrying plutonium on the border of French and UK waters. The Greenpeace vessel MV Esperanza searches for two ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, on the border of French and UK waters between Guernsey and Start Point, October 1, 2004. The two ships left the U.S. on September 20, 2004 to transport 140 kg of weapons-grade plutonium to the port of Cherbourg in France. Picture taken October 1, 2004. REUTERS/Barry Batchelor/Pool 

A female Pintail spreads her wings at New Delhi's zoo, November 1,
2003. The pintail, one of the species of the duck family, migrates from
Siberia covering thousands of miles during the Indian winter for
breeding. REUTERS/B. Mathur
KK/TW 

A female Pintail spreads her wings at New Delhi's zoo, November 1,
2003. The pintail, one of the species of the duck family, migrates from
Siberia covering thousands of miles during the Indian winter for
breeding. REUTERS/Roy B. Mathur

KK/TW 

Anti-nuclear protestors and police escort the British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) ship Pacific Pintail down the Walney channel to Barrow-In-Furness, September 17, 2002. A flotilla of boats led by the flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group Greenpeace circled Pacific [Teal] and her sister ship Pacific Pintail, both carrying shipments of nuclear waste, as they neared their after a controversial two-month journey from [Japan]. [Environmentalists and national governments from New Zealand to Ireland feared the cargo of potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel - could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on the high seas.] 

Anti-nuclear protestors and police escort the British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) ship Pacific Pintail down the Walney channel to Barrow-In-Furness, September 17, 2002. A flotilla of boats led by the flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group Greenpeace circled Pacific [Teal] and her sister ship Pacific Pintail, both carrying shipments of nuclear waste, as they neared their after a controversial two-month journey from [Japan]. [Environmentalists and national governments from New Zealand to Ireland feared the cargo of potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel - could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on the high seas.] 

Anti-nuclear protestors and police escort the British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) ship Pacific Pintail down the Walney channel to Barrow-In-Furness, September 17, 2002. A flotilla of boats led by the flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group Greenpeace circled Pacific [Teal] and her sister ship Pacific Pintail, both carrying shipments of nuclear waste, as they neared their after a controversial two-month journey from [Japan]. [Environmentalists and national governments from New Zealand to Ireland feared the cargo of potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel - could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on the high seas.] 

The cylinder containing nuclear waste is unloaded from the British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) ship Pacific Pintail at Barrow-In-Furness dock September 17, 2002. [A flotilla of boats led by the flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group Greenpeace circled Pacific Teal and her sister ship Pacific Pintail, both carrying shipments of nuclear waste, as they arrived after a controversial two-month journey from Japan.] Environmentalists and national governments from New Zealand to Ireland feared the cargo of potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel - could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on the high seas. 

A cylinder containing nuclear waste is transported by rail from Barrow-In-Furness to Sellafield September 17, 2002. [A flotilla of boats led by the flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group Greenpeace circled Pacific Teal and her sister ship Pacific Pintail, both carrying shipments of nuclear waste, as they arrived after a controversial two-month journey from Japan.] Environmentalists and national governments from New Zealand to Ireland feared the cargo of potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel - could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on the high seas. 

The cylinder containing nuclear waste is unloaded from the British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) ship Pacific Pintail at Barrow-In-Furness dock September 17, 2002. [A flotilla of boats led by the flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group Greenpeace circled Pacific Teal and her sister ship Pacific Pintail, both carrying shipments of nuclear waste, as they arrived after a controversial two-month journey from Japan.] Environmentalists and national governments from New Zealand to Ireland feared the cargo of potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel - could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on the high seas. 

ARMED POLICE GUARD THE DOCK SIDE WHERE A CYLINDER CONTAINING NUCLEAR
WASTE WAS UNLOADED FROM THE PACIFIC PINTAIL IN BARROW. 

CYLINDER CONTAINING NUCLEAR WASTE IS UNLOADED FROM BRITISH NUCLEAR
FUELS SHIP PACIFIC PINTAIL AT DOCKS IN BARROW. 

A cylinder containing nuclear waste is transported by rail from
Barrow-In-Furness to Sellafield September 17, 2002. A flotilla of boats
led by the flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group
Greenpeace circled Pacific Teal and her sister ship Pacific Pintail,
both carrying shipments of nuclear waste, as they arrived at their
destination after a controversial two-month journey from Japan.
Environmentalists and national governments from New Zealand to Ireland
feared the cargo of potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and
plutonium oxide fuel - could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on
the high seas. REUTERS/Ian Hodgson

IH/JMS/cmc 

A cylinder containing nuclear waste is transported by rail from
Barrow-In-Furness to Sellafield September 17, 2002. A flotilla of boats
led by the flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group
Greenpeace circled Pacific Teal and her sister ship Pacific Pintail,
both carrying shipments of nuclear waste, as they arrived at their
destination after a controversial two-month journey from Japan.
Environmentalists and national governments from New Zealand to Ireland
feared the cargo of potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and
plutonium oxide fuel - could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on
the high seas. REUTERS/Ian Hodgson

IH/JMS/cmc 

CYLINDER CONTAINING NUCLEAR WASTE IS UNLOADED FROM BRITISH NUCLEAR
FUELS SHIP PACIFIC PINTAIL AT DOCKS IN BARROW. 

Anti-nuclear protestors and police escort the British Nuclear Fuels
(BNFL) ship Pacific Pintail down the Walney channel to
Barrow-In-Furness, September 17, 2002. A flotilla of boats led by the
flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group Greenpeace circled
Pacific Teal and her sister ship Pacific Pintail, both carrying
shipments of nuclear waste, as they neared their destination after a
controversial two-month journey from Japan. Environmentalists and
national governments from New Zealand to Ireland feared the cargo of
potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel
- could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on the high seas.
REUTERS/Ian Hodgson

IH/ASA/WS 

Anti-nuclear protestors and police escort the British Nuclear Fuels
(BNFL) ship Pacific Pintail down the Walney channel to
Barrow-In-Furness, September 17, 2002. A flotilla of boats led by the
flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group Greenpeace circled
Pacific Teal and her sister ship Pacific Pintail, both carrying
shipments of nuclear waste, as they neared their destination after a
controversial two-month journey from Japan. Environmentalists and
national governments from New Zealand to Ireland feared the cargo of
potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel
- could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on the high seas.
REUTERS/Ian Hodgson

IH/ASA/CLH/ 

An armed policeman stands guard on British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) ship
Pacific Pintail as she proceeds down the Walney channel to
Barrow-In-Furness, September 17, 2002. A flotilla of boats led by the
flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group Greenpeace circled
Pacific Teal and her sister ship Pacific Pintail, both carrying
shipments of nuclear waste, as they neared their destination after a
controversial two-month journey from Japan. Environmentalists and
national governments from New Zealand to Ireland feared the cargo of
potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel
- could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on the high seas.
REUTERS/Ian Hodgson

IH/ASA 

Anti-nuclear protestors and police escort the British Nuclear Fuels
(BNFL) ship Pacific Pintail down the Walney channel to
Barrow-In-Furness, September 17, 2002. A flotilla of boats led by the
flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group Greenpeace circled
Pacific Teal and her sister ship Pacific Pintail, both carrying
shipments of nuclear waste, as they neared their destination after a
controversial two-month journey from Japan. Environmentalists and
national governments from New Zealand to Ireland feared the cargo of
potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel
- could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on the high seas.
REUTERS/Ian Hodgson

IH/ASA 

Anti-nuclear protestors and police escort the British Nuclear Fuels
(BNFL) ship Pacific Pintail down the Walney channel to
Barrow-In-Furness, September 17, 2002. A flotilla of boats led by the
flagship Rainbow Warrior of the environmental group Greenpeace circled
Pacific Teal and her sister ship Pacific Pintail, both carrying
shipments of nuclear waste, as they neared their destination after a
controversial two-month journey from Japan. Environmentalists and
national governments from New Zealand to Ireland feared the cargo of
potentially weapons-usable MOX - mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel
- could prove an attractive booty to terrorists on the high seas.
REUTERS/Ian Hodgson

IH/ASA 

The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior leads a peaceful protest against a cargo of rejected plutonium fuel currently on route from Japan to Sellafield in the north of Britain, in Dublin Bay, Republic of Ireland September 1, 2002. The plutonium ships, Pacific Pintail and the Pacific Teal, are currently mid-south Atlantic and are expected to enter European waters in the first week of September. 

The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior leads a peaceful protest against a
cargo of rejected plutonium fuel currently on route from Japan to
Sellafield in the north of Britain, in Dublin Bay, Republic of Ireland
September 1, 2002. The plutonium ships, Pacific Pintail and the Pacific
Teal, are currently mid-south Atlantic and are expected to enter
European waters in the first week of September. REUTERS/Paul McErlane

PM/NMB 

A crew member of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior walks past one of
their banners while docked in Dublin, August 28, 2002. Greenpeace
called on the Irish Goverment on Wednesday to ensure that a shipment of
rejected plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, heading for Sellafield in
the United Kingdom, does not enter Irish waters. The ships carrying the
plutonium, Pacific Pintail and Pacific Teal, are currently mid-south
Atlantic and are expected to enter European waters in the first week of
September. REUTERS/Paul McErlane

PM/ASA/cmc 

The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is seen docked in Dublin harbour on
August 28, 2002. Greenpeace called on the Irish Goverment on Wednesday
to ensure that a shipment of rejected plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel,
heading for Sellafield in the United Kingdom, does not enter Irish
waters. The ships carrying the plutonium, Pacific Pintail and Pacific
Teal, are currently mid-south Atlantic and are expected to enter
European waters in the first week of September. REUTERS/Paul McErlane

PM/ASA/ah 

Greenpeace representative Shaun Burnie speaks during a news conference
on board the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior while docked in Dublin on
August 28, 2002. Greenpeace called on the Irish Goverment on Wednesday
to ensure that a shipment of rejected plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel,
heading for Sellafield in the United Kingdom, does not enter Irish
waters. The ships carrying the plutonium, Pacific Pintail and Pacific
Teal, are currently mid-south Atlantic and are expected to enter
European waters in the first week of September. REUTERS/Paul McErlane

PM/ASA/AH 

Security personnel arrest a Greenpeace ativist, June 19, 2002, in front
of the Japanese consulate in Sao Paulo. Greenpeace opposes the Pacific
Pintail and Pacific Teal boats which are carrying enough plutonium to
manufacture 50 nuclear bombs. The boats were loaded and began traveling
in Takahama, Japan. REUTERS/Inacio Texeira

SM 

Greenpeace ativists, wearing t-shirts with England and Japanese flags
and disguised as death, demonstrate in front of a sign saying
"Plutonium is not a fair-play", June 19, 2002, in front of the Japanese
consulate in Sao Paulo. Greenpeace opposes the Pacific Pintail and
Pacific Teal boats which are carrying enough plutonium to manufacture
50 nuclear bombs. The boats were loaded and started traveling in
Takahama, Japan. REUTERS/Inacio Texeira

SM 

The Pacific Pintail, carrying nuclear fuel from France to Japan changed course to avoid a mid-ocean protest flotilla as she sails through the Tasman Sea off the coast of Australia March 6, 2001. The first anti-nuclear protest fleet to sail into the South Pacific since the French nuclear testing at Mururoa atoll in 1995 claimed a high seas victory and vowed to return in greater numbers if the Pacific was used again as a "nuclear highway". 

The Pacific Pintail, carrying nuclear fuel from France to Japan changed course to avoid a mid-ocean protest flotilla as she sails through the Tasman Sea off the coast of Australia March 6, 2001. The first anti-nuclear protest fleet to sail into the South Pacific since the French nuclear testing at Mururoa atoll in 1995 claimed a high seas victory and vowed to return in greater numbers if the Pacific was used again as a "nuclear highway".