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TRACKWATCH
Begun in 1992, the nuclear waste TrackWatch campaign highlights
and exposes the otherwise secret nation-wide transport of highly irradiated
Naval waste fuel rods. This waste, the most radioactive material on earth,
comes from the propulsion reactors aboard submarines and aircraft carriers
(the carrier USS Constitution has five), and is shipped secretly by train
from the East and West coasts, to a remote storage site in Idaho. Nukewatch's
ongoing "TrackWatch" effort helps local activists observe and
publicize the shipments, it alerts both the press and local emergency response
departments to the shipments, and it promotes government accountability
in the event of a "mobile Chernobyl." We advocate the abolition
of the nuclear navy (non-nuclear propulsion systems are available) in order
to bring an end to these dangerous shipments.
