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Re: Terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities
The emergency operating facilities are located offsite, and are staffed by
both onsite and offsite personnel, including civil authorities. Note that
even if a control room became inoperable, the plant can be safely shutdown
remotely. Plant personnel make recommendations regarding shelter and
evacuation to the civil authorities, who make the decisions and have the
authority to implement them offsite. All personnel, plant and civil,
including firefighters and paramedics, periodically participate in drills to
ensure they all operate together.
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>; "Hidalgo, Dr Oscar"
<OscarH@marybird.com>; <keith.millington@TFT.CSIRO.AU>;
<radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: September 12, 2001 2:15 p.m.
Subject: RE: Terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities
> How about the personnel responsible for the emergency plans, do they work
> inside the nuclear plant or they have their offices outside the plant?
Or,
> is the City where the plant is located responsible for that kind of
> emergencies?
>
>
> 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 1:40 PM
> To: Hidalgo, Dr Oscar; keith.millington@TFT.CSIRO.AU;
> radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: 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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