Plymouth Nuke and Millstone

[jettyjockey18]

just spreading the reports i've been reading off of some of the other boards today...seems the plymouth nuke plant and millstone are closed to fishing effective immediately (probably for rest of season anyway) ...there is also a 1000 yard buffer zone in place around the plymouth discharge...no boats allowed in millstone discharge either...lets hope they reopen them next season...

[TheSpecialist]

I knew that was going to happen. I wonder about the regular plants , like South Boston.

[JohnR]

Not as attractive as a Nuke Plant... You attack a Nuke and worst case you have a runaway reacter and at best, potential of radioactive dust/debris around the plant...

Picture Chernobyl - not a pretty site...

I'm willing to live with that. Of course my winter schoolie power plant ain't "nucular, dude"

[Mike P]

If a regular power plant gets sabotaged, a bunch of people are without power, and maybe, some PCBs and other pollutants get released. These are fairly heavy particulate matters and will not dissipate well beyond the scene of the explosion. When you sabotage a nuke plant, you release a radioactive cloud that will travel with the wind and kill thousands---maybe hundreds of thousands---if the plant is near populated areas. Not right away, it'll take weeks or months before the full effects begin to show. radiation poisoning is not a particularly pleasant way to check out. Get used to the idea that no one but employees are going to be allowed into these areas, perhaps permanently. A good friend of mine---now deceased---used to be an armed security guard at the Plymouth plant---even in the early 80s, they had regular anti-terrorist drills. They are a prime target. Penetrating a reactor core and releasing radioactive steam can cause more havoc than 10 airliners piloted by suicide bombers, and as we learned, they terrorist no longer concern themselves with what will happen to themselves.

The guys who hijacked those jets apparently cased the airport for months. Guys out at the shore fishing don't attract nearly as much attention as guys hanging out in an airport. Maybe we should all be alert to guys with rods around sensitive things like bridges, power plants, dams, who spend more time checking out their surroundings than working the water.

[Fishpart]

Mike,
Good point, while a lot of targets like nukes seem to jump out at you, there are many other lower profile targets that could cause significant disruption to our lives. While the terrorists may want to destroy people, I believe their main goal is to effect the way we live. How many Americans could live comfortably without power?