tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post112914514825766535..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Why Are We Following "Loose Nukes" ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1129813963303477642005-10-20T09:12:00.000-04:002005-10-20T09:12:00.000-04:00The ABC reports are what you might call "selective...The ABC reports are what you might call "selective fiction", i.e. fiction by creative selection of facts, rather than by pure invention. They are crafted to sell advertising, not as a public service to guide policy. If you're interested in policy, you have to be able to parse them, think, and determine if action is necessary.<BR/><BR/>You're not doing this.<BR/><BR/>These sites need solid, uniform security. They should be at least as secure as airports. They're not.<BR/><BR/>Some employee lets a few unidentified, backpack-toting kids into a nuclear plant. This is extremely bad news. Action should be taken.<BR/><BR/>Pointing out that he still works there part-time, or that he later kicked them off the tour, or that the interns broke the law by deceiving him, or that he's a baseball Hall-of-Famer for all I care, seems like quibbling. Bottom line: If these guys had been terrorists, OSU would be a disaster area right now. Or worse, they would have gotten away with low-enriched uranium.jtohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03968844388108605008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1129168426785901382005-10-12T21:53:00.000-04:002005-10-12T21:53:00.000-04:00I just started my first day of work at one of the ...I just started my first day of work at one of the profiled research reactors. Having previously worked at a large-scale nuclear facility I will say that yes, the security is much more lax. But is a full-scale armed guard force really appropriate considering the level of threat? No. I think that there are improvements that could be made, but ABC appears to be blowing it way out of proportion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1129155294279569472005-10-12T18:14:00.000-04:002005-10-12T18:14:00.000-04:00Interesting post. But while hysteria may not be th...Interesting post. But while hysteria may not be the right reaction, do you truly think these facilities are appropriately guarded?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com