No doubt things have changed now but I actually entered into the yard at Bridgewater without any problem and if I recall noted the flasks were 55 tonne and the crane was only rated at 50 tonne, I may have ben wrong, but I don't think so! The road transporters themselves are impressive vehicles when seen between Hinckley and Bridgewater.
@ class37100 that siding isn't just next to houses its right next to a primary school which has previously been contaminated due to leaks from the flasks - here is a link to some old press cuttings from the incident dropbox.com/sh/bu422lytpinz3va/AADX6SM-tS9vGVJ2MsvphDD_a?dl=0 It is a damning indicment of local government and telling of the nuclear industries power that despite promises nothing was ever done to stop the waste being dealt with here - the leaks were not declared by the #Nuclear industrys monitoring regime but were instead picked up by #SomersetCountyCouncil 's independent monitoring scheme (which no longer exists). Radiation levels on the playground of #EastoverPrimarySchool were twice the national average at the time - this lead to ballast contaminated with Caesium 137 being removed and replaced...see the press cuttings above for more information Now there is no monitoring - what the eye doesnt see the heart doesn't grieve over and all that - I became a school governor at that school because I wanted to do something about it...but was never able to as a governor as I became ill and was asked to resign. Nowhere else in the country (I suspect even in Europe) is such a dangerous activity carried out in such a close proximity to a primary school. Children are far more vulnerable to the effects of radiation because their cells are constantly reproducing because they are growing... What a terrible risk to pose to our innocent children - all because it suits those in power to make this material in order to maintain their power in the world - shows how little we value our future....
Thanks for this, never knew how they actually moved it to the flasks until now.
My favourite train
This was Great! 5 Star Quality!
Nice video.
great vid must say that depot is very near to the houses if something went wrong god forbid
16.42 woooooow
is it full of tea ?
No doubt things have changed now but I actually entered into the yard at Bridgewater without any problem and if I recall noted the flasks were 55 tonne and the crane was only rated at 50 tonne, I may have ben wrong, but I don't think so! The road transporters themselves are impressive vehicles when seen between Hinckley and Bridgewater.
@ class37100 that siding isn't just next to houses its right next to a primary school which has previously been contaminated due to leaks from the flasks - here is a link to some old press cuttings from the incident dropbox.com/sh/bu422lytpinz3va/AADX6SM-tS9vGVJ2MsvphDD_a?dl=0
It is a damning indicment of local government and telling of the nuclear industries power that despite promises nothing was ever done to stop the waste being dealt with here - the leaks were not declared by the #Nuclear industrys monitoring regime but were instead picked up by #SomersetCountyCouncil 's independent monitoring scheme (which no longer exists). Radiation levels on the playground of #EastoverPrimarySchool were twice the national average at the time - this lead to ballast contaminated with Caesium 137 being removed and replaced...see the press cuttings above for more information
Now there is no monitoring - what the eye doesnt see the heart doesn't grieve over and all that - I became a school governor at that school because I wanted to do something about it...but was never able to as a governor as I became ill and was asked to resign.
Nowhere else in the country (I suspect even in Europe) is such a dangerous activity carried out in such a close proximity to a primary school. Children are far more vulnerable to the effects of radiation because their cells are constantly reproducing because they are growing...
What a terrible risk to pose to our innocent children - all because it suits those in power to make this material in order to maintain their power in the world - shows how little we value our future....
"shows how little we value our future...." - Shows how little THEY value OUR future.
poor sods in them houses, if the class 37 diesel fumes dont kill em the radiation will
The flasks have been tested and proven, the radiation given off even to passengers on a platform near these is pretty much background.