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Securing Nuclear plants
Topic: Current Events 2:21 pm EST, Jan 30, 2007

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission concluded Monday it is impractical for nuclear power plant operators to try to stop terrorists from crashing an airliner into a reactor.
Plant operators instead should focus on limiting radioactive release from any such airborne attack, the agency said in a revised defense plan for America’s nuclear plants.

The agency approved the new defense plan, most of which is secret, by a 5-0 vote at a brief hearing in which it was not discussed in any detail.

"The strength of nuclear power plants against aircraft impacts has been thoroughly analyzed in state-of-the-art computer simulations. These tests have shown that, while plants would sustain damage, sturdy, robust structures that safely contain radioactive materials would not release their contents."

[Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson voice] : Just throw some Patriot Missle Batteries at this, Mr. President! Now I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.

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