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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Nuclear misadventures

Nuclear misadventures
In our country, concerns related to reactor safety and radiation dangers are not critically discussed primarily due to a lack of experts on this subject. We witness daily acts of suicide bombing and other terrorist incidents. The threat of terrorists attacking to destroy a nuclear power plant remains very real. Spent fuel storage facilities at nuclear power plants remain particularly vulnerable to attack or theft by insiders.

Sabotage, terrorist attack or equipment failure could result in large-scale radioactive release. Furthermore, natural disasters like floods and earthquakes have been occurring very frequently in Pakistan over the past few years. The country has very limited capacity to deal with any such disaster.
 
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-297250-Nuclear-misadventures

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