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States beef up security of nuclear power plants.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
WASHINGTON _ An eighth state on Thursday ordered the National Guard to protect its nuclear power plants as national and international warnings escalated about the industry's vulnerability to terrorist attacks.
Shortly before Missouri's governor dispatched the guard to two plants in his state, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency called for more security at nuclear plants to address a "clear and present danger."
In another development Thursday, California Gov. Gray Davis revealed that there were "credible threats" to bomb the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the Oakland Bay Bridge, the Coronado Bridge in San Diego and the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles.
Davis said the threats were to be carried out between Nov. 2 and Nov. 7, though he provided no more details.
Law enforcement and other authorities will not say if there has been a specific threat against U.S. nuclear power plants, but they have been ratcheting up security at plants all week, adding guards and physical barriers and banning planes and boats from coming too close.
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