Chicago may not sound like a likely target to many, but this Illinois city is located within 50 miles of four nuclear power plants. Naperville and Elgin are within 40 miles of the Windy City, meaning they would also be hit in the event of a nuclear attack. The region ranked fourth out ...
How can we protect our nuclear power plants?Don’t count on the plant security forces -- they aren’t nearly strong enough. These plants are each vulnerable to air strikes, truck bombs, boat bombs, and of course, the well-equipped and well-armed single madman or small group of terrorists...
This spot is ranked number 4 out of the most likely areas to be attacked in America as a whole. With a ranking that high it's safe to say this is most likely the highest target in Illinois.24/7Wallst reports, With four nuclear power plants within 50 miles of the city – the neares...
Ameren Illinois customers could pay more to keep three nuclearpower plants outside of Southern...Barker, Jacob
That's where nuclear power plants get their energy from.What is a chain reaction?What if you could make lots of atoms split up one after another? In theory, you could get them to release a huge amount of energy. If breaking up billions of atoms sounds like a real bore (like breaking...
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the two new units Kozloduy, an existing nuclear site on the Danube river in northern Bulgaria, close to its border with Romania. The Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) firm will be expected to work with US-based Westinghouse Electric, which is providing the two AP1000 nuclear plants. ...
The JAEC in 2018 issued new plutonium guidelines to try to reduce the nation's stockpiles, with restrictions placed on the Rokkasho facility so that it can only produce the amount of plutonium required for MOX fuel needed for Japan's nuclear plants. ...
In Illinois, nuclear energy plants provide 48 percent of the state’s electricity and 90 percent of our carbon-free electricity. The existing nuclear energy plants in Illinois also support approximately 28,000 direct and indirect jobs a...
This article proposes a cyber-security improvement plan for the DCS control system of nuclear power plants. Firstly, a brief introduction was given to the traditional architecture of DCS control systems of nuclear power plants. Secondly, the current cyber-security risks faced by DCS control systems...