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Re: Terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities
Every facility has emergency response plans specific to its location. The
number involved elsewhere wouldn't really affect each plant's response.
Although I don't recall that the E-plans necessarily take into account a
complete lack of external resources from multiple incidents, their
comprehensive design inherently makes each facility self-sufficient with
regard to initial responses. The followup procedures, such as access to
medical facilities, are the stages where you reach "transport injured
personnel to hospitals A, B, and C in that order of priority." This is where
the procedures might be modified or delayed as necessary. Those currently
working in E-plan development can give a more precise account.
Jack Earley
Radiological Engineer
Enercon Services, Inc.
6525 N. Meridian, Suite 503
OKC, OK 73116
phone: 405-722-7693
fax: 405-722-7694
jearley@enercon.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Hidalgo, Dr Oscar" <OscarH@marybird.com>
To: "'Jack Earley'" <jearley@enercon.com>; <keith.millington@TFT.CSIRO.AU>;
<radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: September 12, 2001 12:42 p.m.
Subject: RE: Terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities
> 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.
> 6525 N. Meridian, Suite 503
> OKC, OK 73116
> phone: 405-722-7693
> fax: 405-722-7694
> jearley@enercon.com
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> 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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