Threat to Nuclear Power Unit Revealed

An American nuclear power plant recently was the target of a terrorist threat, according to a letter from the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that was made public by Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a frequent critic of the nuclear agency. Markey said the threat was revealed to him in a May 3 letter from NRC Chairwoman Shirley Ann Jackson. The NRC did not identify which nuclear plant was targeted for attack or elaborate on the incident. The threat was “general in nature,” and the time frame for the threatened attack passed without a problem, the NRC said.