Terrorism
There is no sufficient protection against Terror?
How can “critical infrastructure” as airports and nuclear power plants in front of bombers to protect? This question arises after the terrorist attacks of Brussels with a new urgency.
The Federal government wants to increase the protection of airports, power plants and other “critical infrastructure”. The term “critical infrastructure” means all facilities, by the failure or impairment of significant supply bottlenecks or hazards to public safety would occur.
Federal Minister of the interior Thomas de Maizière (CDU), ordered after the terrorist attacks of Brussels for Germany “reinforced protection measures in the area of critical infrastructure,” the police should show up at such places, as well as in the border area with Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, a “robust presence”, said de Maizière.
Increased police presence at airports
In Brussels, the police already controlled the sensitive areas of the airport. Whether this is really useful, is questionable – after all, the attacks are outside of all security held locks, in the freely-accessible area.
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Massive security arrangements at Frankfurt airport
“This is exactly the Problem,” says the aviation expert Jens Flottau in an interview with DW. The question was, whether the locks should transfer the security to the doors of the terminal. At some airports in the Middle East and in Africa, instead of, you know. But is associated with extremely high costs and extremely high costs. “People who are familiar with airports and their infrastructure, to say, it is better to put more police presence and surveillance,” Flottau.
The expert is sure that the airlines have to suffer from the consequences of such attacks. One only has to think back to Paris. “At the end of last year there was a massive decline in bookings. Air France has the cost very very much money. The demand has recovered only slowly,” says Flottau.
The demand is currently for holiday travel in Europe is very low, and that such attacks are All made worse for the industry.
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Less staff in Belgian nuclear power plants
The Belgian nuclear power plants at the sites of Doel and Tihange (article image), is reduced after the attacks of your staff to a Minimum. “Only those who really need to be there,” said a spokesman for the Belgian nuclear regulatory authority, AFCN, as quoted by the daily newspaper “die Welt”, the news Agency Belga. The nuclear regulatory arranged precautions to minimize according to the report, the risk that persons who lead Evil, will reach the area.
“About a thousand people work in such a system. They are all subjected to rigorous scrutiny, but there’s no risk,” it said, according to the “world” in the AFCN. In Germany, nuclear power plants were among the best-guarded facilities in the industry.
In light of the terrorist attacks in Brussels, experts believe that the precautions in Belgium, for sensible, writes the “world”. Messages on a complete evacuation of the power plants is denied, the operator Electrabel.
“On a nuclear power plant site, there are usually also Employees of foreign companies. In the case of terrorist risk, it makes sense, if I reduce the number of people on the site. As a result, I can improve the control,” said an expert who asked to remain anonymous, the “world”.
Details remain a secret
Details, such as the control center of a nuclear power plant against possible attacks is secured, wool natural talk about, in accordance with no one. “It belongs to the hedging philosophy that no details are mentioned,” said a spokesman for the society for plant and reactor safety. Basically, the control center is protected but especially, explained the Organisation in Cologne.
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Industry experts speak according to the “world” of bullet-resistant armored glass, especially thick walls, and multiple access locks to the control center. There is a core team, which consists for example of five to ten individuals could be isolated, in a dangerous situation. The thick walls also serve to protect the team in case of a rupture of the turbines.
The control system of a nuclear power plant from outside of the shielded area is not possible, it said, according to the report of the society for plant and reactor safety. In General, there is on the site of the nuclear power plant, but in specially protected buildings, so-called emergency wait, to allow a safe shutdown of the power plant unit in case of emergency.