All of the sea containers loaded with uranium oxide concentrate (U3OS) en route from Canada to China on a cargo ship that met with severe storm conditions were safely returned to Cameco Corporation's Key Lake mill in Saskatchewan, Canada, the company reported on March 22. The MCP Altona, which had departed from Vancouver, British Columbia, on December 23,2010, continued to operate normally during the storm, and Cameco reported that there were no injuries to the crew. On January 3, Cameco was notified that sea containers loaded with drums filled with U3Og had shifted during the storm and that two drums had opened and were outside their container. All of the uranium had been sealed off in one of the ship's cargo holds, however, and the crew was safe and the environment was protected, the company said. At the time, the ship was between Hawaii and Midway Island.
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