A Mirror reporter successfully planted a fake “bomb” on a train carrying a cargo of nuclear waste, it was reported today.
“The gate was open, there were no security guards…I walked up to the train and planted my bomb,” the reporter said. The train, which goes from Kent to Cumbria, carries radioactive flasks of spent uranium fuel rods. The Mirror reporter said that the train was left unattended for about ten mintues, and that he was able to approach the wagons in daylight while the driver was on a break. He also said he had observed the train for a couple of months, and that there was continual opportunity to sabotage it.
A nuclear transport expert estimates that 8,000 would be instantly killed if a real bomb were planted on the train.
Wearing an orange vest and helmet, the Mirror reporter made his tenth in a series of trips to the depot, where his presence was never questioned. A photographer took several photographs. A spokeswoman for Direct Rail Services said that “The entire journey is protected by very stringent security.”
