Maybe somebody here can find the BBC original story/link to assure that if it fully jives with the above.

IMO, One way this can be parsed...
If a true and accurate story, and such an attack actually comes to pass, I find it convienent for the Russians to be able to say: "We tried to warn you!" especially when it's later more widely reported on that: "Russian intelligence agents know the organizers and executors of the terrorist attacks in the USA."

Some other thoughts regarding terrorist attacks upon nuclear power plants...

A snippet yesterday from a professional radiological health physics forum:

"During my time working on nuclear safeguards in the UK nuclear power industry, the "unthinkable" was a suicide terrorist attack on an operating nuclear power or reprocessing installation using a highjacked commercial aircraft. It now appears that those ruthless fanatics who sanction such wanton, indiscriminate acts now have the capability to plan and carry out such an attack."

Protection of these nuclear facilities from ground attacks has been the primary focus, at least up till this past Tuesday. But, exploring even that ground vulnerability is instructive.

"An Analysis of Truck Bombs Threats at Nuclear Facilities"
by Sandia National Laboratories 1984 stated:

"Unacceptable damage to vital reactor systems could occur from a relatively small charge at close setback distances, and from larger but still reasonable-sized charges at large setback distances, greater than the protected area for most plants."

How much more damage do you think an airliner could do to a nuclear power plant?

USNEWS.com recently reported at...
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/...snews/nukes.htm
....other vulnerabilities often overlooked in regards to sabotage or ground attacks. (They take on a whole new meaning when now factoring in the real possibility of a purposely crashed airliner in our future.)

"In addition, experts say, the water-intake systems at some plants are particularly vulnerable to sabotage by either cutting off the water supply by clogging the intake valve or introducing volatile chemicals into the reactor's cooling system.

An even more accessible target may be spent nuclear material piling up at these plants. Large cooling pools inside reactor containment buildings were designed to store this fuel, but several years ago the pools began to fill up. Now, at many plants, the highly radioactive fuel is stored in cooling pools outside the containment building. "A lot of the spent nuclear fuel casks can be hit with a shoulder-fired missile by someone standing outside the fence," says Dave Lochbaum, nuclear safety engineer at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Yet at plants that are being decommissioned, the nuclear fuel is even less closely guarded. The Maine Yankee plant, which has stored 700 tons of spent fuel in outside cooling pools, has removed all of its vehicle barriers and received the NRC's permission to eliminate its armed guard force once the fuel is placed into dry casks."

Again, What damage do you think an airliner could do to a nuclear power plant?

Would terrorists attempt it?
Do we even need to still be asking that after last Tuesday?

Calling themselves the "Liberation Army Fifth Battalion" in a letter to the New York Times, the 1993 World Trade Center terrorists threatened to attack additional targets, including "nuclear targets" with "150 suicide solders." The letter was received four days after the bombing and subsequently authenticated by federal authorities.

Best Regards,
Shane Connor, author of...
Potassium Iodide Anti-Radiation Pill FAQ
Civil Defense Radiation Detection Survey Meters, Geiger Counters & Dosimeters FAQ

Let them try. Even if they were ever successful, they would be the big losers. There are more brave here than scared.

After all, this is, home of the brave, and they will find out. So help us God.

water, electrical, damns, reservoirs, nuclear facilities. we are all on an arat hunt.

Now is the time for ALL TRUE Americans to UNITE and stand behind President Bush!
Any political differences should be put aside during this time of America's darkest hours.
UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL

God Bless America!
V is for VICTORY!
What We as Americans Can Do
1) Pray
2) Check the Red Cross website for what supplies are needed.
3) Fly the American Flag!
4) Be prepared to make some sacrifices BUT continue to live your everyday life.
DO NOT LET TERRORISTS THINK THEY HAVE CHANGED OUR LIVES!
5) Support our military and law enforcement.

NEVER talk to ANYONE about
(in public, on a phone line, in an e-mail, in a chat room,
on an internet instant messenger or post on any forum)
1) military troop movement, military weapons, military operations, military supplies
2) current law enforcement investigations
3) locations of any members of the administration, Congress or their families.

Call the FBI Toll Free at 1-866-483-5137
if you see or hear anything that threatens our national security.

OUR ENEMIES MONITOR ALL COMMUNICATIONS,
INCLUDING FREE REPUBLIC

LOOSE LIPS SINKS SHIPS!

Shane, I was just about to e-mail you a copy of this, when I scrolled down to the bottom and saw your signature!

Your San Antonio neighbor,
Joel

The longer we hesitate to show massive and brutal force, the more brazen the terrorists will become. If they know that we won't retaliate against 'innocent' jihadists in our search for the fingerprints and DNA evidence of the individual planners, there will be no limits to their viciousness. We'll be defenseless, de-fanged, and then destroyed... but at least we get to feel good that we didn't hurt anybody.

Russian roulette

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3ba04cd515e5.htm

Read my post to this yesterday.

US Nuclear plants are designed to withstand a head-on hit by a 747. We're not talking Chernobyl here.

Could you send a copy of your post to Orrin Hatch?

Pull this baby out for easy terrorist killing

Scary. I wanted to know how close I was to any nuclear reactors, I found this site with maps.

We are descendants of revolutionary's and freedom fighters. They are dead, and their citys are rubble.

We will enjoy this, and are looking forward to it.

Sincerely, Joe Hadenuf

If they pull that off, it should remove the last opposition to the use of nukes....

US Nuclear plants are designed to withstand a head-on hit by a 747.

Correct. This one doesn't worry me too much.

I hate to dredge up the plot of some old technothriller here, but I read a horrifying one recently, in which some terrorists stole a plane, flew it to a nuclear plant, and bombed, not the reactor, but the spent fuel storage area. The resulting radioactive cloud rendered a good part of the West Coast uninhabitable. I expect you could do the same thing with a jetliner, yes?

I do not think my following statement in any way can be classified as "loose lips sink ships":

The only planes I have seen for 2 days now are circling/making flight paths near the Nuclear Power plant.

Praise God and Amen.

The resulting radioactive cloud rendered a good part of the West Coast uninhabitable.

It's actually pretty hard to get a metallic boil off going on spent rods, since they're only getting jet fuel heating in the scenario you give.

FLASH:

Arab man and wife arrested in Ft. Smith Arkansas. They were from Hendersonville, VERY CLOSE TO RUSSELVILLE, and home of Arkansas Nuclear ONE...watch out DOE guys, pull out the miniguns!

Sure hope you're right...