Cancers, leukemias, and immune suppression may be delayed for years or decades. The Nuclear Waste Train 3 pm, October 19. I caravan with the mock nuclear waste cask to Pembroke where the train turns south. We find mostly Native American residents who live a stone's throw from the CSX tracks watching the activity at the rail junction. Small homes and housing projects are close to the tracks here.
Many people are unable to afford automobiles and telephones.
Evacuation would be difficult or impossible. Further on, in another Congressman's district, the normal route would allow the freight to turn quickly at a major rail yard. The people of Pembroke believe that the nuclear waste train endangers their community. Our rights in a free society are threatened by the laws deemed necessary to protect these shipments. This nation cannot protect the nuclear fuel cycle from terrorism without becoming a police state.