Research reactors aren't required to be protected against sabotage in the same kinds of ways that power reactors are," said Matthew Bunn of Harvard University, former adviser to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. "Security costs money and if you actually imposed serious security requirements on them, many of them would probably end up shutting down."
How about a locked door and an awake guard, with a gun and a radio, just for starters?
Can we afford that Johnny Harvard?
Get out your wallets. The TSA will look like it could have been funded by a church bake sale, compared to the $$$$ that will be demanded for this.
"How about a locked door and an awake guard, with a gun and a radio, just for starters?"
Rumsfeld, updated: You do nuclear physics R&D with the Liberal Arts college students you have, not the War College students you want....
Do you want Manhattan Project Fries with that?
/this is deadly serious and not to be whitewashed although I don't trust the messenger EITHER....
GRRRRRRRR