July 22, 2006
THE FRENCH WOULD AT LEAST HAV E TRADED THE INFO FOR CIGARETTES AND NYLONS:
Greenpeace publishes nuclear waste train timetable for UK (GERRI PEEV, 7/22/06, The Scotsman)
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners yesterday revealed detailed timetables for the trains that carry nuclear waste across Britain, triggering alarm that terrorists could exploit the information.Posted by Orrin Judd at July 22, 2006 7:44 AMThe report, from Greenpeace, includes details of more than 1,000 nuclear transports through the UK every year, including journeys through the centre of Edinburgh and other Scottish population centres.
The organisation's actions follow an undercover sting by a tabloid newspaper, which exposed how easy it was to plant a fake bomb on a train in London carrying nuclear waste.