Two trains derail in SE New Mexico [in separate incidents] over the weekend

As reported by KRQE.

This area would see very large-scale rail shipment of irradiated nuclear fuel to the Holtec/Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance centralized interim storage facility, if approved by NRC for construction and operation. Beyond Nuclear, along with a broad environmental coalition, plans to legally intervene against the proposal by NRC's arbitrarily short Sept. 14 deadline.

Re: one of the derailments, the article reports:

The official cause has yet to be determined, but the Midway Fire Department believes the tracks simply gave out.

Each rail car of irradiated nuclear fuel will be very heavy, among the very heaviest loads on the rails. And each train could carry multiple cars of irradiated nuclear fuel.

Great Lakes Groups Question Newly Discovered Radioactive Waste Shipments from Illinois through Great Lakes Region

Deadly fuel would move from LaSalle nuclear reactors through Port Huron, Michigan.

See the press release issued by Beyond Nuclear, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes, Don't Waste Michigan, Great Lakes Environmental Alliance (GLEA), Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), and Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS).

Update on August 11, 2018 by admin

The Detroit Free Press has reported on this story.

The Times-Herald editorialized against the shipment. Port Huron's newspaper has also reported on this story, extensively quoting Kay Cumbow of Great Lakes Environmental Alliance (GLEA).

Loud & Clear on Radio Sputnik International also interviewed Beyond Nuclear about this story, at the top of this week's "Beyond Nuclear with Kevin Kamps" episode:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/radiosputnik/10-mil-payment-to-cohen-for-a-nuclear-po

Sputnik International News also did a write up based on the interview and press release. (Please note a correction however. The first leg of the shipment, from LaSalle, IL to Port Huron, MI, will be by truck, along interstate highways. Once at Port Huron, however, it is unclear whether the shipment will continue on into Canada by land (truck or train), or by water (barge).)

Update on August 16, 2018 by admin

MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette has also reported on this story.

July 13, 2018 NRC letter to Secured Transportation Services, re: highway route approval for LaSalle, IL irradiated nuclear fuel shipment to Port Huron, MI port of exit

See the document, by clicking here.