Radioactive Freight Causes an Adverse Reaction for Rail Freight Carriers

AUSTRALIA – The flooding which has plagued the Northern Territory has brought to the fore the controversial matter of transporting hazardous cargo after a freight train was derailed when passing the Edith River Crossing, a well known beauty spot, and cutting the entire rail corridor. Original reports stated that the train carried bulk iron ore but now it appears, according to local reports, that at least part of the cargo was copper concentrate which contained quantities of radioactive uranium which has entered the river system as a result of the accident.

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