Nuclear Crash Fear

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The UK's nuclear plants may be vulnerable to a 9/11-style terror attack, which could kill millions, says a report leaked to New Scientist. No-fly zones around nuclear reactors are regularly breached by both civilian and military aircraft, with over 100 incidents of intruding aircraft being logged in the last five years. In one incident, the trespassing jet flew so close that it set off intruder alarms on the perimeter fence surrounding the reactors. The report says a large plane crashing into a nuclear plant could release as much radioactivity as the Chernobyl accident in 1986... READ MORE