I found this article about it and I am amazed at some of the quotes about this being common and that the rail company is having a "string of bad luck."  If it had been the huge proposed rail containers headed for Nevada in those wetlands, they would have to build really big causeways.   Cask recovery, even if there was no release, would be very difficult in such areas, and could be very expensive if critical environment for threatened or endangered species was affected by recovery & cleanup operations.

 

Here is a map prepared for the State of NV by the transport experts who show the routes from the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for rail, highway and barge.

 

http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/maps2002/roadrail/index.htm 

 

If any of you see areas that you are familiar with that have "unique local conditions" perhaps you would want to have officials or local organizations consider the need for additional EIS analysis of parts of routes.  There are also maps with more detail.  If you want any of those or have other ideas, let me know.

 

Judy