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23. well, if that was an unusual event

Mon Apr 22, 2013, 05:26 PM

Apr 2013

I wonder what they consider "usual"?

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Gunman Sought After Shootout at Nuclear Power Plant in Tennessee [View all] grahamhgreen Apr 2013 OP

"adequate" really doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling ... Myrina Apr 2013 #1

No... a person with a gun does not present any danger to a reactor. FBaggins Apr 2013 #3

"Some level of threat" to other people... FBaggins Apr 2013 #7

You don't shut down a cooling system by flipping a switch NickB79 Apr 2013 #11

A guy with a gun can't "shut down the cooling system" FBaggins Apr 2013 #12

I don't have to assume anything... FBaggins Apr 2013 #20

And what, exactly, do you think "a person with a gun" ... oldhippie Apr 2013 #5

I'll disagree there. FBaggins Apr 2013 #16

Which is at least some level of threat to the reactor. grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #17

How does he "shoot his way in there"? FBaggins Apr 2013 #14

Exactly. One does not "shoot their way into" ...... oldhippie Apr 2013 #21

What worries me is the cavalier attitude, grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #29

Piffle! I laugh away ..... oldhippie Apr 2013 #18

BS. I have been in too many. grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #26

After a certain point hypothetical scenarios are a little too absurd. (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2013 #28

Reconnaissance. Tom Rinaldo Apr 2013 #19

Pretty unlikely FBaggins Apr 2013 #22

well, if that was an unusual event onethatcares Apr 2013 #23

The reactor is contained within a concrete containment building. NutmegYankee Apr 2013 #25

I should hope that constitutes an "unusual event." (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2013 #27

Tennessee has a Nuke Event SidDithers Apr 2013 #30