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dpb

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ahh sadly one mistake creates another chernobyl like event.

Not physically possible w/ a LWR reactor design.

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the spent fuel rods are stored in roughly insecure normal building. if
a terrorist sent a small plane loaded with explosives into one of
these facilities, cooling water can be interrupted.

No, they're pools...

you have a major disaster.

Nothing whatsoever like what you're imagining...

currently they are thinking of burying it in yucca mountain nevada

Again, no, they're not "thinking of burying it" -- it is named
monitored retrievable storage for a reason.

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