Janvier 2007 / Associated Press

Nuclear agency : Air defenses impractical

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Jan. 29, 2007, 8:57PM

Nuclear agency : Air defenses impractical

By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer

© 2007 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Making nuclear power plants crash-proof to an airliner

attack by terrorists is impracticable and it’s up to the military to

avert such an assault, the government said Monday.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in a revised security policy,

directed nuclear (...)