Staff writer
OKUMA, Fukushima Pref. -- In the latest step toward commercial utilization of plutonium at nuclear power plants in Japan, a British freighter carrying mixed-oxide fuel berthed here under escort Monday.
Guarded by a flotilla of Maritime Safety Agency patrol boats, the Pacific Teal sailed into port at dawn after a five-day delay due to rough seas.
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