We keep hearing how nuclear is the solution to climate change (if it exists at all according to some), but if nuclear weapons are not safe, how safe will a nuclear power plant be?

Earlier this week in the Boston Globe, James Carroll detailed how a NATO base in Belgium "was penetrated not by professional saboteurs or terrorists, but by a handful of peaceniks who never imagined they could get away with it."

The article says:

Six anti-nuclear activists climbed over an outer fence at Kleine Brogel Air Base, then cut their way through a pair of inner fences, and wandered around the “highly secure’’ base for up to an hour, tracking a route through the snow of more than one kilometer, and ultimately coming within yards of the storage bunker where the nukes are held - all this before being challenged by a guard.

And before someone points out that it was those "old europeans" who were at fault, the article says that nuclear weapons are not even safe back in the USA:

In 2007, a serious breach, involving six unprotected nuclear cruise missiles, occurred in Minot, North Dakota, leading to the firing of the Air Force chief of staff and the secretary of the Air Force. A follow-on investigative task force looking into the overall management of nuclear weapons found “a distressing level of inattention.’’

Now if the military cannot keep nuclear weapons safe, how can we possibly keep a nuclear power plant safe?