Re: Terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities

["Jack Earley" <jearley@enercon.com>]

As I recall, since TMI is near the Harrisburg International Airport, its

containment was designed to withstand the impact of a 737 at 600 mph. I

suppose any future plants should now take that design feature into account.



Jack Earley

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----- Original Message -----

From: <keith.millington@TFT.CSIRO.AU>

To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: September 11, 2001 8:12 p.m.

Subject: Terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities





> During my time working on nuclear safeguards in the UK nuclear power

> industry, the "unthinkable" was a suicide terrorist attack on an operating

> nuclear power or reprocessing installation using a highjacked commercial

> aircraft. It now appears that those ruthless fanatics who sanction such

> wanton, indiscriminate acts now have the capability to plan and carry out

> such an attack.

> This is indeed a very sad day for the world, since only intense, draconian

> security measures can possibly reduce the risk of this happening, and even

> then one cannot do this with 100% certainty.

>

> The civilised nations of the world clearly need to rethink their approach

to

> terrorism and its perpetrators. Instead of wasting billions on a missile

> defense system against so-called 'rogue states', these vast US funds could

> be far more usefully spent on measures to counteract and eliminate the

few,

> high-profile, identified and active proponents of global terrorism and

their

> organisations, for the benefit of humanity, and improving intelligence and

> security measures against such groups. If this involves infiltrating these

> groups to obtain substantive evidence of their terrorist activities, then

> hunting down and eliminating certain individuals and their disciples

> currently avoiding justice in remote parts of the globe, then so be it. A

> concerted world approach would be required for this, to avoid any

> accusations of  state-sponsored elimination of legitimate peaceful

political

> protesters or opposition groups, as distinct from organisations clearly

> involved in acts of terrorism. Difficult yes, but surely not impossible.

>

> Keith Millington

>

>

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