Direct Rail Services [ DRS ] is the train company which transports radioactive “spent” fuel rods removed from nuclear power stations to the Sellafield spent fuel plant in Cumbria.
These waste trains are transported through some of the most highly populated areas in the UK.
They have to be carried within special containers to prevent them heating up. The flasks continually leak low-level radiation.
D.R.S. have two depots. One of them is at Crewe, and the other one is at Carlisle.
On July 19th D.R.S. will be holding an open day at the Crewe depot.
Activists from Merseyside C.N.D. and a number of other groups will be leafleting it between 11.00. & 14.00.
On the same day members of Merseyside C.N.D. will be leafleting outside Warrington station, which is one of the many towns through which this waste is transported. There will be activists leafleting outside other stations throughout the UK.
More information about this will be available on the M.C.N.D. website within the next few weeks.
For more information about this issue see the Nuclear Trains Action Group (N.T.A.G.) website:
