For a reality check, please digest these facts and compare them to the fiction of this mini-series:
**Nuclear weapons are no longer transported on trains in the U.S.
**Nuclear weapons are never armed when transported.
**Nuclear waste and nuclear weapons are NEVER transported together.
**Nuclear waste is transported in containers designed to withstand extraordinary external challenges (i.e. fire of 2000 F, impact of a locomotive at 80 mph, water immersion, sabotage, etc.).
**In the past 30 years, nearly 3,000 shipments of used nuclear fuel has been transported safely via highways and railways in the U.S., as have more than 45 million packages of radioactive materials.
**Eight containers have been involved in transit accidents. All remained intact with no release of radioactive material.
**The first priority of federal, state and local agencies who regulate shipments of radioactive materials is the safety and welfare of the public.
**Nuclear weapons are no longer transported on trains in the U.S.
**Nuclear weapons are never armed when transported.
**Nuclear waste and nuclear weapons are NEVER transported together.
**Nuclear waste is transported in containers designed to withstand extraordinary external challenges (i.e. fire of 2000 F, impact of a locomotive at 80 mph, water immersion, sabotage, etc.).
**In the past 30 years, nearly 3,000 shipments of used nuclear fuel has been transported safely via highways and railways in the U.S., as have more than 45 million packages of radioactive materials.
**Eight containers have been involved in transit accidents. All remained intact with no release of radioactive material.
**The first priority of federal, state and local agencies who regulate shipments of radioactive materials is the safety and welfare of the public.