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STOCKHOLM -- The threat level was raised at all of Sweden's nuclear sites after security personnel found suspected explosives during a routine vehicle search at a nuclear power station on Wednesday, according to reports.
"In the afternoon, a suspected explosive was discovered in a truck on its way in to Ringhals' operating facility," the plant's operator Vattenfall said in a statement. "A sample of the material was sent during the evening to the Swedish National Laboratory of Forensic Science for analysis."
The Local reported cited an official as saying the material had been placed ne
Originally posted by Peruvianmonk
reply to post by EvanB
#ing hell, if this is true this is no joke. Thank god they found it.
Originally posted by RestlessNRG
Sounds to me like a security drill. explosives the size of your fist will not do much damage to a nuclear power station and is not enough quantity to be meaningful attack especially as it was not primed. had a few of those 'discoveries' at Olympic sites in London, it is how they test security.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by EvanB
What power source would you prefer? Coal, that pumps out more radiation in a few years, than a nuclear power plant will in your lifetime? Solar, that would require massive fields to even begin to be efficient? Windmills, that would require huge fields of windmills?
Like it or not, nuclear is the safest, and cheapest form of power out there.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by EvanB
What power source would you prefer? Coal, that pumps out more radiation in a few years, than a nuclear power plant will in your lifetime? Solar, that would require massive fields to even begin to be efficient? Windmills, that would require huge fields of windmills?
Like it or not, nuclear is the safest, and cheapest form of power out there.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by 0010110011101
Even when there's an accident it's still not as bad as people make it out to be. Nuclear is ostracized because it involves radiation. People don't bother to take the time to learn about radiation, they just hear the word and freak out, and the media feeds that mentality.
Fukushima is the perfect example. We hear all about how there are "dangerous levels" of radiation being seen in the US, but not one article gives hard numbers. They feed on the fear that people have of something they don't understand. Yes, nuclear can be dangerous, but I suggest you look into coal power, and take a look at the sheer amounts of radiation that just ONE coal plant pumps out in a single year. And then how many coal plants there are around the world.