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Re: WIPP shipment through Albq. NM
Jan. 12
Bill Lipton wrote:
"I remember a new fuel shipment, c.a. 1995, which had a head on collision
with a drunk driver on I-91, in downtown Springfield, MA. There was a
potential for the equivalent of a 'dirty bomb,' since the Type A packages
containing the fuel were not designed or tested to survive an accident and
fire. Fortunately, they held up."
Tell us this Bill: what if that head on collision had been with a truck
loaded with propane, or with 8000 gallons of gasoline? Can you imagine the
carnage?
Second, it is possible to design containers for fuel or TRU waste that
will withstand collisions with railroad locomotives. Is it practical or
even possible to design a container for 8000 gallons of gasoline that could
survive being hit by a train? (And let's not even think about train wrecks
with tank cars of chlorine and anhydrous ammonia . . .)
Steven Dapra
sjd@swcp.com
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