Action will consist of a journey along the route used by nuclear trains* between Highbury & Islington and Stratford station, followed by a rally and symbolic die-in in front of Stratford Station.

Meet noon at Highbury and Islington Station (don’t be late.).

Leafletting at Highbury & Islington, Dalston Kingsland, Hackney Central and Hackney Wick by different groups getting off at intermediate stations and taking later trains, so we are all on same train between Hackney Wick and Stratford. (Train timetables will be available.)

Arrive 1.30pm at Stratford Station. March out together.

(People who don’t want to do the train part of the action should go straight to Stratford for 1.30pm to meet the train contingent.)

1.45pm-2.25pm: rally outside Stratford Station.

2.30pm-2.45pm: silent die-in outside the station.

We will also run a stall outside the station with leafletting and collecting names on a petition between 1.30pm and 3pm.

Organised by: Nuclear Trains Action group, www.nonucleartrains.org.uk ; david.lrcnd@cnduk.org 020-7607 2302.

What are nuclear trains?

Nuclear trains are trains carrying highly-radioactive “spent” nuclear fuel rods from nuclear power stations up to Sellafield in Cumbria for “reprocessing” (involving separating out the uranium and plutonium they contain.) Currently such trains travel right through the middle of the Olympic Site in East London. They represent a particular danger there as they would be a prime target for a terrorist spectacular at the site, as if the train containers containing the rods could be breached they would emit high-level radiation which, it has been estimated, would cause thousands of deaths downwind in an area such as Stratford and require long-term evacuation of a large area.