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Harry Reid: “My friend from Alabama said if there was an accident it would not be nearly as bad as a chemical accident, a trainload…”

On the recordMay 2, 2000
My friend from Alabama said if there was an accident it would not be nearly as bad as a chemical accident, a trainload of chemicals compared to a trainload of nuclear waste because the container would not breach. I do not know where my friend got that information because we have already established there is no container that can sustain an accident where the vehicle is going more than 30 miles an hour or, in fact, if it was a diesel fire.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the safety of transporting nuclear waste compared to chemicals.

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