Vulnerability of the Nation's Electric Systems to Multi-site Terrorist Attack : Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, June 28, 1990U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 151 pages |
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... problems , or are we still vulnerable in that area ? Dr. Roy . We are on the upswing of the geomagnetically induced ... problem is to induce a direct current , to superimpose a direct current on the normally 60 - cycle alternat- ing ...
... problems , or are we still vulnerable in that area ? Dr. Roy . We are on the upswing of the geomagnetically induced ... problem is to induce a direct current , to superimpose a direct current on the normally 60 - cycle alternat- ing ...
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... problems that it knows it will need . A few companies maintain spares for the large transformers , but not very many . They hope to be able to borrow it from somebody else . They maintain a spare for maintenance pur- poses . You have to ...
... problems that it knows it will need . A few companies maintain spares for the large transformers , but not very many . They hope to be able to borrow it from somebody else . They maintain a spare for maintenance pur- poses . You have to ...
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... problem . So there is a great deal more that could be done in this area to have a general idea of the kind of things that could happen and how do you go about fixing it , or preventing it in the first place . Senator LIEBERMAN . Perhaps ...
... problem . So there is a great deal more that could be done in this area to have a general idea of the kind of things that could happen and how do you go about fixing it , or preventing it in the first place . Senator LIEBERMAN . Perhaps ...
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... problems and issues were of national scope and of their recommended priority . The scenario the players confronted presented monumental prob- lems . At about 3:00 on the George Washington's Birthday holiday , February 18 , 1991 ...
... problems and issues were of national scope and of their recommended priority . The scenario the players confronted presented monumental prob- lems . At about 3:00 on the George Washington's Birthday holiday , February 18 , 1991 ...
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... problems . They had a strong sense of the need to assure competence in response and to keep the public and the Con- gress informed . Participants called for more such games and deeper involvment of the private sector in planning and ...
... problems . They had a strong sense of the need to assure competence in response and to keep the public and the Con- gress informed . Participants called for more such games and deeper involvment of the private sector in planning and ...
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Page 139 - ... backup equipment has been loaned out. The Defense Production Act and other national emergency laws already permit the government to requisition equipment (with just compensation) needed in case of a threat to the national security, for instance if a key defense facility is blacked out in time of war. There is no general power to intervene in a major economic emergency that has no national security implications, but the legal situation that would pertain is complicated.10 State governments can...