Re: Three Mile Island intruder(?)

["Shaw, Roger P." <RShaw@McCarter.com>]

This security related event did take place at TMI (1993) . As soon as the intruder drove past the front gate Security quickly notified other on-shift Security personnel who observed the route of the car. The individual did drive a station wagon through the Turbine Building roll-up door, exited the vehicle and hid under the main condenser for a few of hours.  No actual plant equipment in this non-Vital Area was tampered with or damaged.  All Vital Areas within the plant were secure the entire time the individual was on-site.  The rules of engaging such an intruder (use of force) were different before 9/11. 

 

Physical plant changes were made, including the construction of more substantial intrusion barriers at the entrance gate.  Other corrective action was taken at TMI, and all plants reviewed their own programs.  This individual acted alone and was not associated with the plant in any capacity.  The intruder had a history of psychiatric problems, according to the papers. Neither he nor the contents of his vehicle were of any threat to the public.

 

I am aware of this event since I responded to the event early on a Saturday morning as the Senior Radiation Protection representative on the duty roster at TMI.  I also served on the plant internal review board to investigate the incident. I will respond to what is written by others to the extent it does not compromise security.  The NRC did issue a condensed report which may or may not be available via ADAMS any longer.

 

In my own opinion... 

Roger P. Shaw, CHP
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Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 14:28:16 -0500

From: Norman Cohen <ncohen12@comcast.net>

Subject: Re: Three Mile Island intruder(?)

Hi Steven

I recall reading about this on our 'anti' nuke lists. I've written TMI Alert for

details.

Norm

Steven Dapra wrote:

> December 31, 2002

>

> This claim about a 'station wagon intruder' was found in an article by Dan

> Hirsch, president of the Committee to Bridge the Gap. Does anyone know

> anything about this? Did someone drive onto the TMI site as Hirsch claims?

>

> "Finally, after the truck bomb attack on the World Trade Center in 1993

> and an event at Three Mile Island in which an intruder drove a station

> wagon through the perimeter and into the turbine building, where he stayed

> for hours while security tried to figure out if he had a bomb, the NRC

> adopted a new rule requiring some measure of protection against truck bombs."

>

> The article was in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (link below).

> The citation to the article is: 58(1):38-44; Jan./Feb. 2002.

>

> <http://www.thebulletin.org/issues/2002/jf02/jf02hirsch.html>

>

> (I'm not gullible, but I am curious.)

>

> Steven Dapra

> sjd@swcp.com

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