[NukeNet] What If This Were Nuclear Waste?

[Bill Smirnow]

  I don't have time to search right now but I
remember the DOE [ http://www.doe.gov ] stating
that they expected something like 16 accidents a
year, each year, for the duration of trucking
nuclear waste out to Yucca Mountain from sites all
across the USA. Does anyone have the specific data
& if so can you please post it?

  And as most of us remember if they pull this
shipping of waste out to Yucca, as soon as they're
done they'll have just as much n-waste AGAIN to
ship out to wherever. Sounds Sysiphysian and
grossly criminal to  me. These are the terrorists
in ties and suits whom are accorded respect [like
Herr Dr. Henry Kissinger]. Kill one person and
you're a murderer, kill thousands or millions and
you're a conquerer or hero.

   -Bill



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/us/16cnd-train.html?hp&ex=1169010000&en=60493332a0ef2726&ei=5094&partner=homepage
 Chemical Train Explosion Forces Evacuations

Michael Clevenger, Courier-Journal via Associated
Press
The scene of a train derailment near
Shepherdsville, Ky.


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By THEO EMERY
Published: January 16, 2007
NASHVILLE, Jan. 16 - A train derailment south of
Louisville, Ky., ignited an explosion today that
forced the evacuation of area homes and a school,
according to Kentucky emergency officials.

The CSX train derailed about 9 a.m. in Brooks,
Ky., bursting into flames that consumed 14 train
cars and sent dense black clouds of smoke
billowing into the air. Officials shut down more
than 20 miles of nearby Interstate 65 and closed
airspace over the fire as a precaution, said
Yvette Smith, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky
Division of Emergency Management.

State emergency officials ordered the evacuation
of all homes within a mile radius of the fire and
asked all residents of Bullitt County, which is
directly south of Louisville, to stay inside, shut
their windows and bring pets inside, Ms. Smith
said.

Maj. Lisa Rudzinski of the State Police said 11
people had sought medical attention.

A few people were "reluctant" to evacuate, but
complied, said Governor Ernie Fletcher at a
televised news conference, after he and other
state officials flew over the site to evaluate the
situation.

Early in the afternoon, a fire official said the
danger of explosion had been reduced and that the
fire was "winding down successfully."

The source of the fire was the chemical
cyclohexane, a highly flammable chemical and eye
and skin irritant, Major Rudzinskisaid. The train
also carried the chemical butadiene, which is
hazardous if inhaled, but it was not clear whether
that car had ruptured, Major Rudzinski said.

Fifteen members of the National Guard were
dispatched to the scene to aid in detecting
chemical and hazardous materials. The cause of the
derailment was under investigation, Major
Rudzinski said.

"At this point, we're making sure the public is
safe," she said.

School officials in Bullitt County evacuated
Brooks Elementary School and sent the children to
a district middle school. The evacuation was
ordered over concern that the fire might snarl bus
routes, not because of danger to the children, a
school spokesman, John Roberts, said.

A private school in the area, Micah Christian
Academy, was also closed. The school's
administrator, Jack Roberts, said that he could
see the clouds from the wreck site, which he
estimated to be about two miles away, and that the
fire left a burning sensation in his mouth. He
decided to close the school as precaution.

"We're close enough to where we feel like it's
necessary that we close," Mr. Roberts said.

John Holusha contributed reporting from New York.