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Originally Posted by go bo
you're right about refineries being softer targets and attacks on them would no doubt have a significant impact on our whole economy...
i guess i was referring to the "terror" part of terrorists' activities...
even though there might be neglible effect on a nuclear plant (because of the containment vessel), the mere fact that the terrrorists can reach those targets would cause us ordinary people a lot of worry about a potental release of radiation from damaged nuclear plants...
other targets make cause greater damage to the ecomony, but the fear of radiation contamination on a widespread scale causes a lot more, well terror, if you will...
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Dumb, panicky animal syndrome?
It's virtually impossible to create a Chernobyl-like disaster in the United States, even intentionally. Our plants are vastly superior with regards to design and engineering.