title: MV Pacific Egret
text: # MV Pacific Egret
  
  Pacific Egret is an INF Class 3 nuclear waste carrier launched in January 2010.
  
  ## Construction
  
  Pacific Egret was built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, Tamano, Japan. She was launched on 12 January 2010. Her homeport is Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
  
  It was purpose-built to carry plutonium, highly enriched uranium and mixed-oxide nuclear fuel. It is fitted with naval guns, cannons and other means of repelling assaults.
  
  