Fright train!

London firemen are concerned about the safety of trains transporting nuclear waste in flasks through London. In 1979 the London Fire Brigade's Union called for more information as to when the trains run, basic training in dealing with radioactive fires, better equipment to tackle fires and for the stopping of nuclear trains. The 1988 position is reviewed. It is concluded that there has been little change. No training exercises have been arranged and the instructions given to firefighters are to wait for experts from the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority should a fire occur. The Fire Brigades are still not informed of the movement of the trains, and improvements in equipment are in dosimetry, not in personnel protection. (U.K.)