On 2004-02-06 00:13:45 -0800, Tom|420 said:

If a plane happens to crash into a nuclear plant and actually go
through the walls, I sure don't want to be close enough to experiment
the result.

Probably not as bad as what you're thinking. Once you get through the
containment building's walls, you have to get through the reactor's
shielding. There are probably two levels of shielding - one well
outside the reactor vessel itself, and another immediately surrounding
the reactor vessel. There will be at least several inches of lead and
steel in that shielding, and quite probably a couple feet of water or
other hydrogenous material. Then you have to break into the reactor
vessel itself, which is also made of some sort of metal a couple of
inches thick.

Anything with enough energy to do all of that will cause a lot of
damage no matter what it hits.

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Larry Fransson
Seattle, WA
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