"Jim Redelfs" wrote in message
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In article ,
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

If these features are present everywhere, I'll be happy.

Although I don't know for sure, I suspect they are. Obviously, I hope
they
are.

The containment structure is another issue - I have no
idea what it's like.

The typical core containment makes, by comparison, the Pentagon appear to
have
been built of straw.

Especially after 9/11, if a flight strays too close to a nuke, all hell
breaks
loose. If the flight doesn't deviate from its apparent collision path,
the
nuke operator can do an emergency shutdown, ramming the control rods back
into
the core pretty quickly. Even if the containment were seriously breached
by a
direct hit, the reactor vessel would probably survive intact.

My other concern is whether it would be possible for a bunch of idiots to
plan another joke like the Shoreham plant (Long Island).

What was THAT all about?
--

JR


In the 1970s, a nuclear plant was built in Shoreham, Long Island. On this
map, that's right about where Wading River is, on the North Sho
http://www.millhouseinn.com/main_pag...image_map1.gif

Smart people have a distinct preference for an evacuation plan in case
something funny happens with a nuke plant. Local politicians were paid to
believe that such an evacuation plan was possible on Long Island, even
though that is impossible now, just as it was 30 years ago. They approved
the construction of the plant. The plant never operated to full capacity and
was eventually shut down.