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hazmat railcar accident



Title: hazmat railcar accident

There were all sorts of antinuke protests when fresh nuclear fuel was being delivered, for the first time, to the new Czech PWR nuclear power plant at Temelin two years ago.

Guess what -- nobody protested against the explosives shipment in the brief news report below....

...need to get people off of being hooked on the "perception is reality" nonsense.

Jaro 


Radio Prague (Vysilani do zahranici CRo)
News NOVEMBER 5th, 2002

Railcar with explosives puts lives in danger
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The police is investigating an accident involving a derailed railcar
packed with explosives, which placed hundreds of lives in danger on Monday
night. The drama started in the late hours of Monday when a railcar loaded
with 18 tons of industrial explosives was derailed and crashed
near a densely populated residential area. Experts say that it was
merely a matter of good luck that the shipment did not explode and
precipitate a disaster of immense proportions. Emergency crews spent most
of the night getting the situation under control. The shipment
originated from the Synthesia chemical works in Pardubice, which makes a
variety of pyrotechnics, including the plastic explosive Semtex.