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• Walking into a Windmill

  We’ve sometimes read stories about people who misjudged where a helicopter rotor was or just how close is too close when in proximity to an airplane propeller. But we hadn’t thought very much about the relative danger of being near a windmill. But danger there is : [The Caithness Windfarm Information Forum’s] "Summary of Wind Turbine Accident Data to 31 December 2008"  reports 41 worker... Posted Feb 17 2009, 04:15 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, nuclear plant security, nuclear safety

• Fox News on Nuclear Plant Security

  Here's the link to the 3.5 minute video Scott Peterson was referring to in yesterday's post . Read More... Posted Aug 22 2008, 09:20 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: nuclear plant security

• Safe, Secure and Vital: Securing America’s Nuclear Power Plants

  FOX News, on this evening’s Special Report with Brit Hume, is expected to examine the security of America’s commercial nuclear power plants. Marvin Fertel, NEI’s executive vice president and chief nuclear officer, is one of the experts on security who discussed security with FOX News correspondent Julie Banderas. Security in our post 9-11 world is an issue that can be used to unnecessarily... Posted Aug 21 2008, 02:11 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: NEI, nuclear plant security