The Lucas Height Nuclear Reactor That May Have Been Targeted By al-Queda
Now there is the new threat of terrorists sabotaging a nuke--an even more likely threat than the targeting of nuclear plants in the Cold War. Just in the last week, Australia arrested several al-Queda--and one of the planned targets was a nuke. Even a security lock had been cut (no doubt to see if they could do it). Here's what al-Queda was planning to do with a nuke:
Sydney nuclear reactor terror plot target-police
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Eight Sydney men arrested on terrorism charges may have been planning a bomb attack against the city's nuclear reactor, police said on Monday.
Their Islamic spiritual leader, also charged with terrorism offences, told the men if they wanted to die for jihad they should inflict "maximum damage," according to a 21-page police court document.
Nukes Now Target of al-Queda
The document outlines how the men, arrested last week in the nation's biggest security swoop, bought chemicals used in the London July 7 bombs, had bomb-making instructions in Arabic and videos entitled "Sheikh Osama's Training Course" and "Are you ready to die?"
Under the heading "Targets," police said three of the men were stopped near Sydney's Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in December 2004. A security gate lock had recently been cut.
At least the MAD threat kept the Soviets and Americans at bay. But today, Mutually Assured Destruction won't deter any terrorist.
Ask yourself--what would a terrorist do with a wind turbine? Try to knock it over and kill a cow?
Now that al-Queda has begun targeting nuclear power plants, this technology must clearly NOT be a part of any future energy plan. And don't forget that under the current Price-Anderson Act, if there is nuclear sabotage and a whole region is contaminated and lost, we taxpayers will get 98% of the bill.
Anybody else think we should eliminate the nuclear industry subsidies for research on "intrinsically safe" designs from the Energize America Plan? No nuke is intrinsically safe if there are terrorists loose in the world--and sorry to say we'll be living with terrorists for the next few decades at least, if not longer.
NO NUKES! (WHY HELP AL-QUEDA?)