MOX fuel shipment to Japan prepared

European companies are preparing a shipment of MOX fuel to Japan, according to a World Nuclear News report:

Areva of France manufactured the MOX. The UK's Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL), a subsidiary of International Nuclear Services which is itself owned by the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), will transport the fuel to Japanese utilities Chubu, Kyushu and Shikoku.