[Chat] FYI from Don

[Emil Volcheck]

Folks,

Some of you may know Don Jacks, who works with FEMA/DHS.
I learned that he's participating in a simulated terrorist
attack on a nuclear power plant in New York.  Here's part
of a story from the New York Times:

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June 6, 2004
Nuclear Power Plant in New York Prepares to Drill for Terror Attack
By MATTHEW L. WALD

WASHINGTON, June 5 - For two decades, the emergency drills at the
Indian Point nuclear reactors have been meant to show federal
regulators how plant operators and local public safety officials would
cope with a radiation release that began with a pipe break or a pump
failure. But the exercise planned for Tuesday has a different script
and a different audience.

The hypothetical crisis that will be the subject of the drill is a
terrorist attack. And this time, the targets of persuasion are not
only the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, but also the local governments and the public. The
maneuvering and arguments began last month, and include efforts by
plant opponents to contend that no plan could be adequate.

The terrorism scenario is a first for an emergency drill at Indian
Point, the nuclear plant closest to ground zero and the nexus of much
anxiety since the Sept. 11 attacks. Among the differences in this
exercise is the participation of the F.B.I., said a spokesman for
Entergy, which owns Indian Point, in Westchester County.
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--Emil

Emil Volcheck
volcheck at acm.org
http://acm.org/~volcheck