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The Koeberg sabotage story is the most brazen bit of political BS I've ever seen. Imagine if it were true. That sort of security lapse at a nuclear power plant would be quite a big freakin' deal. Chernobyl big, not so? I don't think anyone's buying it though.

Local bloggers have been having a ball.

Farrel Lifson:

When it comes to looking at a situation I tend to follow a few simple rules, and one of the most prominent is 'never attribute to malice that which can be attributed to stupidity'. Where Alec Erwin sees Hellen Zille in ninja garb rapelling down the side of Koeberg's reactor housing and snapping the necks of innocent security guards, I see growth in the economy without any growth in the infrastructure to support that growing economy

(Laurence beat me to the quote, and punch line).

Jonty Fisher:

The story goes like this: Said saboteur scales security fencing, gets through high security throughout the outer reaches of Koeberg to reach the inner workings of the reactor, somehow avoids the IAEA cameras in every room, grabs a loose bolt, runs into a room where the heat would undoubtedly combust any normal human, and hurls the bolt into the generator.

You can't help but poke fun at this, but beyond the humour, it's just plain embarassing for the country.