Bhabha Atomic Research CentreIndia Puts Nuclear Plants On Alert-Report -- Reuters
NEW DELHI, Nov 16 (Reuters) - India has put its nuclear power plants on alert and tightened security after intelligence about possible attacks, a report said on Monday.
The step comes after a man arrested in the United States on charges of plotting attacks in India was found to have travelled to Indian states that have nuclear installations, the Press Trust of India (PTI), the country's biggest news agency, said.
PTI quoted unnamed sources in the home ministry as saying that state governments had been asked to step up security around their nuclear plants as a "precautionary measure".
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Update #1: India Puts Nuclear Facilities on High Alert -- Defense News
Update #2: India's nuclear plants on alert for possible terror attack -- Debka File
Update #3: Nuclear installations on high alert after threat -- Press Trust of India
My Comment: India's nuclear sites are already heavily protected from terrorist attacks. To even increase the security to a higher level must mean that the threats are very credible.
What is worrisome to me is that the men who are alleged to have plan these attacks were arrested in the U.S. .... which raises the following question .... were plans to attack U.S. nuclear sites also part of their agenda.
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