Posted on 10/18/2001 12:39:15 AM PDT by kattracks
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant received a "credible threat" on Wednesday, prompting officials to shut down two nearby airports and dispatch military aircraft to protect the facility.
The plant was placed on a high state of alert as the FBI, state police and military planes scrambled to protect the facility.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman Diane Screnci declined to discuss the type of threat, or how the agency received it. The commission told Three Mile Island about the threat between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., and the airports were shut down about 9 p.m., she said.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said a "temporary flight restriction" extended to a 20-mile radius around the Harrisburg airport after the threat.
Three Mile Island is located just outside Harrisburg, which is 35 miles northwest of Lancaster.
Ralph DeSantis, a spokesman for Three Mile Island, confirmed the plant's high state of alert, but also declined to discuss the type of threat or the additional security measures.
He said Three Mile Island was the only nuclear power plant threatened.
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the power plant had already taken additional security measures, but Wednesday's alert tightened security further, DeSantis and Screnci said.
But bin Laden specializes in surprise attacks so it makes me think it's not his doing. This is getting worse and worse. It's like being in a fun house with mirrors everywhere.
prisoner6
Who said anything about a nuclear meltdown?
hope my snoring didn't wake you J
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LOL !
I agree it's not Bin Laden's doing. But, he's called for a Jhihad against America. So I truly believe that we have thousands, if not tens of thousands of hateful Islamic potential terrorists in this country, some operating in organized groups and some operating alone, waging war against us.
I'm familiar with both the design and some of the security measures at nuke plants. For those of you living near one, please don't lose any sleep over these scares. It would be extremely difficult for a terrorist to do any type of damage that would affect people offsite. Plus, all nuke plants are at a heightened state of security and have been since 9/11, as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The armed and well-trained guards at each plant have instructions to shoot to kill.
It's just that the word "nuclear" in the title make nuke plants such an attractive target for instilling terror, whether the culprits have full intensions to carry any actions out or not.
Hope this little bit of info. helps you guys in Lancaster County sleep better.
Oh well, I guess it is (all together now) "the people's right to know."
It's called "leaderless resistance": cells which self-organize and do not maintain contact with any leadership or other cells. Each cell, given an objective (wage jihad) figures out something useful that they can do, makes its own plan, and carries it out.
Since cells do not communicate with each other, or know about each other, arresting the members of one cell does not provide clues about other cells, or even how many other cells there are.
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