Mega Disasters

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10:15 AM to 11:10 AM

Tuesday 21 October

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Accidents involving trains carrying dangerous cargo are examined in light of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's plan to transport nuclear waste by rail to a proposed site near Nevada's Yucca Mountain. A freight train carrying £1million of propane goes off like a bomb and an entire town is evacuated. Plus, a train tunnel fire that billowed clouds of hydrochloric acid