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Ship With Radioactive Zinc Dust Stuck Near Philippine Port, Official Says
Insurance Journal· 2025-10-30 10:14
A ship with 23 containers of radioactive zinc dust is stuck off the coast in the Philippines, unable to unload because there’s no site that has agreed to entomb the offending material, according to a top official.Port authorities aren’t allowing the ship, which arrived a few days ago from Indonesia, to offload in Manila unless there’s a local government that’s willing to take custody of the cargo for temporary storage or disposal, Carlo Arcilla, director of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, said on ...