- Three Mile Island nuclear power plant and Peach Bottom
Atomic Power Station received threats in the days and weeks following the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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- Documents released to the York Daily Record by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission reveal the following:
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- Sept. 15: NRC reports a person on an FBI list claimed
employment with TMI. The plant has no account of unescorted access or records
of access. The Nuclear Energy Institute confirmed that the person had been
at Donald C. Cook nuclear power plant in Michigan and Point Beach nuclear
power plant Wisconsin. Information is passed to FBI.
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- Sept. 17: Two bomb threats against TMI are deemed not
credible.
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- Oct. 10: TMI security reports a threat involving a man
who told his girlfriend that he had explosives he brought from Canada.
He said he was going to blow up TMI or Peach Bottom.
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- The information is reported to law enforcement and the
Pennsylvania attorney general.
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- The man appears to be out of the country. The FBI is
investigating. It was unclear if the bureau had closed the case.
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- Oct. 11: The NRC receives information from intelligence
sources in Florida that TMI is a potential target for terrorists using
planes and anthrax on Oct. 16 or 18. The FBI and the Dauphin County emergency
management director are notified. The Miami office of the FBI determined
the threat not to be credible.
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- Oct.17: NRC reports a flyover of TMI by a Jet Stream
41. The Federal Aviation Administration verifies this as a scheduled flight.
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- Oct. 17: The NRC receives a report of a helicopter flying
at treetop level over the south substation of Peach Bottom. The maroon-and-white
helicopter was spotted at 10 a.m. State police, the FAA and the FBI are
notified. Local law enforcement officers saw the helicopter, but they did
not recognize it. FAA checking. The agency did not return telephone calls
concerning the investigation.
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- Oct. 28: A newly hired employee on her way to TMI stopped
at a convenience store to ask directions to the site. A white male customer
in the store told her to stay away from the site because a bomb was set
to go off at '9 o'clock.'
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- TMI notified local and state officials. Plant officials
also paged the FBI in Harrisburg, but as of 9:10 a.m., the company had
not received a response to the page.
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- As a precautionary measure, security searched all vehicles
entering the site. State police assisted.
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- Vehicle searches stopped at 10 p.m. because the '9 o'clock'
period had ended.
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- The threat was not considered credible.
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- Reach Sean Adkins at 771-2047 or <mailto:sadkins@ydr.com>sadkins@ydr.com.
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- http://ydr.com/story/defense/16674/
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