Mega Disasters

1:05 PM to 2:05 PM

Monday 3 March

Glow Train

Season 3 Episode 7 of 12

Accidents involving trains carrying dangerous cargo are examined in light of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's plan to transport nuclear waste by rail to a proposed site near Nevada's Yucca Mountain. A freight train carrying £1million of propane goes off like a bomb and an entire town is evacuated. Plus, a train tunnel fire that billowed clouds of hydrochloric acid

Mega Disasters airs on Blaze (Freeview) at 1:05 PM, Monday 3 March.

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