RE: Terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities

["Hidalgo, Dr Oscar" <OscarH@marybird.com>]

The question is, do we have emergency radiation safety plans ready  in case

this kind of terrorism occurs at several of the existing nuclear plants at

the same time? 





Oscar Hidalgo-Salvatierra, PhD, DABR

Radiation Therapy Physicist / RSO

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Baton Rouge, LA 70807

Oscarh@marybird.com <mailto:Oscarh@marybird.com> 

Hidalgo1@home.com <mailto:Hidalgo1@home.com>  



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

	From:	Jack Earley [SMTP:jearley@enercon.com]

	Sent:	Wednesday, September 12, 2001 6:59 AM

	To:	keith.millington@TFT.CSIRO.AU; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

	Subject:	Re: Terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities



	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

	Radiological Engineer



	Enercon Services, Inc.

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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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