Sydney research reactor

[Lester Slaback <Lester.Slaback@NIST.GOV>]

Police Foil Olympic Plot
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Authorities minimized an Olympic terrorist
threat after reports Saturday that New Zealand police may have foiled
a plot targeting a nuclear reactor in Sydney.
Documents suggesting plans for an attack turned up during raids in
March on a suspected people-smuggling operation, the New Zealand
Herald newspaper reported.
But Australian officials said there was no serious risk to the small
research reactor in suburban southern Sydney, and said they had no
plans to shut it down.  ........................

You might note the similarity of the above to when the Olympics were in 
Atlanta, except that in the case of the Georgia Tech reactor it was 
defueled and ultimately decommissioned.  One might contemplate a recurring 
effort every four years at the next site.  Plan ahead.
Disclaimer:  the above are the personal musings of the author, and do not 
represent any past, present, or future position of NIST, the U.S. 
government, or anyone else who might think that they are in a position of 
authority.
Lester Slaback, Jr.  [Lester.Slaback@NIST.GOV]
NBSR Health Physics
Center for Neutron Research
NIST
100 Bureau Dr.  STOP 3543
Gaithersburg, MD  20899-3543
301 975-5810 voice
301 921-9847 fax

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