Question

Why are people living in feather river canyon skiitish about having uranium 233 transported up the canyon in railroad box cars?

Answer 1

$\Rightarrow$Answer:

People living in Feather River Canyon -are skittish about transporting - Uranium - 233 , up the Canyon - in Rail Road Box cars, because they have experienced one such incident in 2014 , when one of the Rail Road Box Cars - got Derailed, spilling over the Corn & Grain - which it was carrying...

They fear what can happen if the same incident is repeated, and again the Rail Road Box Cars, carrying - Uranium - 233, gets derailed spilling and Exposing - the environment to the exposure of U-233, which can have serious health hazards - for the surrounding areas and the inhabitants of these surrounding areas.

The above is the reason - because of which people living in feather valley canyon - don't prefer to get Uranium - 233 , transported up the canyon in Railroad Box Cars.

$\Rightarrow$Explanation:

In order to explain the Health Hazards, posed by the exposure of Uranium - 233, we will have to know the basic Decay chain , of - Uranium - 233 ( i.e. ²³³ U ) , and the Health Hazards posed by the process of decay - to Human lives, in the surrounding environments...

²³³U   $\rightarrow$   ²²⁹ Th , with emission of Alpha ( $\alpha$ ) particle.

Hazards: If Humans are exposed to alpha ( $\alpha$ ) radiation  - they can experience severe burns on their skins, and internal hazards of exposure - to - alpha radiation - s even more dangerous, which can cause even deaths in humans.

In order to avoid the above dangers, people living in Feather River Canyon - would not prefer to transport Uranium - 233 ( i.e. ²³³U ) up the canyon - in Rail Road Box Cars....