Radioactive Cargo Sinks in the North Sea
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Disasters
- Subcategories: Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History, French History
- Geographical Location: Belgium
- Date: August 25, 1984
Article abstract: The Mont Louis, a small French coastal vessel carrying uranium hexafluoride, a mildly radioactive material, collided with a German ferry and sank, but no radioactive material leaked into the sea.
Summary of Event
The Mont Louis was a small, French-registered vessel built by Wartsila Ab of Turku, Finland, in 1972. During the night of August 25, 1984, the Mont Louis was running parallel to the coast of Belgium enroute from Dunkirk, France, to Riga, Latvia, in the Soviet Union. Because the ship’s crew size had recently been...
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