Ship may be abandoned
(N.Z.P.A Reuter—Copyright) TOKYO. The crew of Japan’s troubleridden first nuclear-powered ship are considering abandonling ship, according to a pooled report from reporters I aboard the vessel. ! The report said that the 58I member crew tentatively 'agreed on Tuesday that they would abandon the ship, the Mutsu, unless the problem of finding a port of call was solved within a week. The ship has been unable Ito return to its home port of I Mutsu in northern Honshu Island because of strong local opposition since radioactivity leakages, resulting from defective reactor shielding, were detected on board. i In recent days it has been I drifting off northern Japan
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33650, 27 September 1974, Page 13
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111Ship may be abandoned Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33650, 27 September 1974, Page 13
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