Train Carrying Nuclear Fuel Container Derails
A train car carrying a 50-ton container of spent nuclear fuel jumped the tracks at a rail yard Thursday, but there was no radiation leak, officials said.
The British Rail freight train was carrying a steel cube containing 138 spent nuclear fuel rods from the Oldbury power station in southwest England to the Sellafield nuclear plant on the northwest Cumbria coast for reprocessing, the Central Electricity Generation Board reported.
The train car and the nuclear container, which has 14-inch thick walls, remained upright after two wheels left the tracks, the electricity board reported.
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