Re: " Jane's nuclear expert on carnage a terrorist could cause at a nuclear site " [FW]

[maury <maury@WEBTEXAS.COM>]

Jaro, what happens when the security forces don't recognize Greenies and

start using live ammunition to defend a plant? Are British containment

structures essentially different from those in the US? Best evidence

posted here thus far re: a jumbo jet "strike" is that the fireball would

be impressive, but would not compromise the containment structure.

Thanks,

Maury Siskel          maury@webtexas.com

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"Franta, Jaroslav" wrote:



> Are you as unimpressed by this "expert" as I am ?

>

> Jaro

>

> Jane's nuclear expert on carnage a terrorist could cause at a nuclear

> site.

> By ANDY OPPENHEIMER.

> 14 January 2003

> The Mirror (UK)

>

> IF terrorists had been the invaders today, Britain could have faced a

> Chernobyl-style disaster.

>

> Attackers would have been able to disable external cooling systems

> that prevent the reactor from overheating (which is what happened at

> Chernobyl). Suicide bombers could simply break in and detonate their

> explosives.

>

> A terrorist attack could release radioactive particles into the

> atmosphere, at best causing disruption to energy supplies, at worst

> radioactive fallout, hysteria and mass fatalities.

>

> To cause a core meltdown and disperse radioactive material, attackers

> would have to defeat the security systems and destroy or disable its

> multiple safety systems simultaneously.

>

> Terrorists could have wrought havoc. Explosives could cause a massive

> radiological release. Small truck bombs could damage vital reactor

> systems and lead to a core meltdown.

>

> A jumbo jet hitting the reactor containment building would cause a

> massive explosion and subsequent radioactive release. A typical

> nuclear power plant



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