Greenpeace reports that nuclear waste trains are travelling through Bristol Parkway several times a week.
The news comes on the back of a Mirror investigation where a fake bomb was placed on a similar service.
The service highlighted by the environmental campaigners leaves Parkway at 1310 [link to timetable is a PDF] on Monday, Tuesday and/or Thursday.
It transports waste from Hinkley Point power station in Somerset to Crewe, Cheshire.
Greenpeace says it has published the timetable to “make sure the government acts before terrorists do”.
Obviously, this waste has to be transported somehow, but these services are unnervingly close to our homes in BS32.
If you happen to spot one of these trains then Greenpeace is asking for images to be sent to them at this address: webteam@uk.greenpeace.org
Obviously, the Examiner would like a copy too. Mail ‘em to: news@sadlybroke.com
We’d also be very interested to hear what you think about these trains.
If you’re in the homepage, click into the main story here, and then use the box at the bottom of the page to get in touch.
We’ll publish a selection of views here.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Aidan // Jul 28, 2006 at 12:00 am
Another Evening Post article appeared tonight (Wed 27 July) about nuclear trains:
Link here
This time it\’s about a train that went right through our patch with a leaking valve. Not good, to say the least!
Does the Ministry of Defence realise how close it goes to Abbeywood, I wonder?
Aidan
2 The BRADLEY STOKE Examiner | Blog Archive » Nuclear leak - only a “minor risk” to the public // Jul 28, 2006 at 9:06 am
[...] As we revealed in the Examiner, nuclear trains are passing through the area, but now we’ve found out they’re leaking! [...]
3 BSE Newsdesk // Jul 28, 2006 at 12:11 pm
Thanks Aidan – have reposted an update on this story.
4 The BRADLEY STOKE Examiner | Blog Archive » Nuclear train issue raised by city councillor // Aug 24, 2006 at 1:42 pm
[...] Greenpeace has also published timetables for the services in a bid to highlight, they say, how unsafe they are. [...]
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