Fatal protest inflames anti-nuclear issue

Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | :

It's a commonplace on this blog that nuke power's a bad idea because of the security issues. And this incident shows how easy it would be for a hijack to take place and it also reminds us of the possible consequences of accidents -another factor; it's not only power station accidents or leaks that need to be factored in.



"Activists said the accident showed how difficult it was to guarantee the security of the cargo as it travelled along the nation's rail network.

'A train could hit something at any moment, and there's nothing that the SNCF nor the organisations which are meant to provide security can do about it,' the local Green leader, Serge Billon, said."