Jan. 28, 2003 Printer-Friendly Version The possibility that terrorists might crash a hijacked airliner into a nuclear power plant is one of the more nightmarish scenarios to have surfaced since the al Qaeda attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. However, disagreement remains as to whether a plant could [...]
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Nuclear 9/11? Probably Not
Posted: October 26, 2010 in Nuclear 9 11? Probably Not, Nuclear Plant Vulnerability, Terrorism 1010
Nuclear Plant Structures Strong
Posted: October 25, 2010 in Nuclear Plant Vulnerability, Structures are Strong, Terrorism 101How Safe Are Nuclear Facilities to an Aircraft Attack? September 11, 2001 shows how devastating an attack can be had by using aircraft as the primary tool of destruction. Because of 9-11 questions have been raised as to the vulnerability of nuclear facilities to a similar terror attack in which a plane is the primary [...]
