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RE: Nuclear Regulators: Attack Risk Low
On 15 Aug 2002 at 23:14, Ted Rockwell wrote:
> I wish someone would show me why I'm wrong about this.
Ted,
While I agree that many of the statements from regulators imply some
degree of "doom", I don't read into this specific statement from the
NRC the implications that you have derived. In that you refer to
other statements when added to the NRC statement implying "tens of
thousands of deaths" and "vast areas of land rendered
uninhabitable for centuries" .. I just didn't come away with that
conclusion. The NRC simply is taking a position that the risk of an
airliner hitting a containment structure is low, and, they never
anticipated an accident involving a large 757, 767, 777 or 747. By
stating that I don't jump to the death and destruction that you have
concluded.
I do agree with you that there is positive data out there, and, the
regulators should state the positives, and not to continually focus
on some perceived "lack of information", leaving the public with an
uneasy feeling about their safety. I just don't agree that they have
stated an "end of the world" scenario.
Regards,
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