Date: 26/08/2011

A plan to transport 44 tonnes of radioactive uranium and plutonium by train has run into opposition from councils worried about accidents and terrorist attacks.

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Trains transporting radioactive uranium and plutonium could become target for terrorists, authorities warn

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DRS 37059 with an unidentified partner heading south near Braidwood on 14 March 2006 with nuclear flasks from Hunterston PS bound for Sellafield.
Location: Braidwood
Company: Caledonian Railway
14/03/2006 Bill Roberton

A southbound nuclear flask train passes through Leyland station late in the evening of 18 May 2011. It is not unusual for several locomotives to be included in the train. On this occasion two Class 66s were joined by a further two Class 20s which were being taken south to work another flask train the following day.
Location: Leyland
Company: North Union Railway
18/05/2011 John McIntyre

This is the actual nuclear flask used in the Old Dalby crash test in 1984, when Peak Class 46 No. 46009 and four coaches were deliberately crashed into the flask at 90mph. The loco and coaches were destroyed and cut up on site but the damage to the flask was limited to the bent cooling fins seen here and the sealed load area remained intact. The flask is now on display near the Visitor Centre at Heysham Power Station.
Location: Heysham Power Station
Company: EDF-Energy
26/08/2009 Mark Bartlett

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