" wrote in news:7d0fd62f-f80a-4664-82fa-
:

ok on the spent fuel rods in a pool right next to the
reactor........... non hardened buildings, no heavy concrete steel
reinforced containment.

if a terrorist somehow blew up the building by either smuggling a bomb
onto the grounds or the more likely flying a bomb into the building.
the newest fuel rods will be hot enough to melt down and all the rods,
in a explosion will be a bad day.

unless the bomb is right IN the pool,an explosion is not going to harm the
rods in the belowground pool.

very bad..............

the ower companies should be required to have a plan with funding in
place to handle spent fuel safely.

Once the rods cool enough[in short a time frame for terrorist
planning],the rods get shipped to Yucca Mtn secure storage site.

those who worked or work for the nuke power industry have a vested
interest in reassuring the public its safe......




All the greater reason to build pebble-bed reactors,no fuel rod problems.
The fuel "pebbles" are extremely durable.


--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net