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Local10.com Nuclear Chairman Admits Flaw In Turkey Point Security Plant Had Surveillance Cameras, But They Weren't Set Up To Record POSTED: 5:41 pm EDT April 21, 2006 UPDATED: 5:50 pm EDT April 21, 2006 MIAMI -- An investigation into a hole intentionally drilled into a pipe at the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant has led to increased security, and a change in how surveillance cameras at the plant will be used. Friday, the investigation brought the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to South Florida. NRC Chairman Nils Diaz said that he thinks the hole, found earlier this month in a primary coolant pipe, was most likely made by a disgruntled worker Florida Power and Light employee or a contractor hired to do work during the plant shutdown. The NRC is conducting its own investigation into the hole that was found while the unit was shutdown for routine maintenance and re-fueling. "We take any attempt at a nuclear power plant no matter how small, very seriously," Diaz said. But Diaz said he wants to assure the public there was no threat to safety -- and that no similar incident will happen again. "We intend to make enough noise about this to try and discourage anybody from showing their discontent in this type of manner," Diaz said. For the first time, Diaz said FP&L did have surveillance cameras outside and inside the containment building of unit three where the hole was drilled. But he admitted that while one or more of the cameras might have spotted something suspicious, the cameras were not set-up to record, so any image captured was not saved. "That's one of the lessons learned is that from now on, I understand from Florida Power and Light, that the video is now going to be kept and therefore it would be usable," Diaz said. There has been a reward of $100,000 on the table for a couple of weeks, but investigators say there has been no information forthcoming that would help identify who drilled the hole. The hole was drilled in a pipe that carried super-heated, slightly radioactive water but that would have posed no significant safety issue, according to Diaz, even if the hole had not been discovered. Diaz says FP&L and other nuclear plant operators will now begin doing more extensive background checks on employees and contractors to prevent something like this from happening again. "It is a federal crime and we intend to make sure that everybody knows that," he said. Diaz says the NRC is satisfied that Turkey Point is operating safely and has the right amount of security. Copyright 2006 by Local10.com <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
