NRC decides nuclear plants are already safe from airplane attacks

[Mxsmanic]

See

http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/01/29/reactor.security/index.html

I agree with the NRC. Nuclear plants are designed to readily
withstand far worse than the impact of an aircraft, such as internal
steam explosions. Aircraft are light and fragile, and would simply
crumple uselessly if they hit a containment building or cooling tower
(and cooling towers aren't terribly critical). The same is true of
aircraft hitting structures like dams: if the dam can resist a
bazillion tons of water pressing against it 24 hours a day, an
aircraft hitting it would be like a fly against Mount Shasta.

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[Stubby]

There is a video clip on the web showing a test: A fully loaded and
fueld F-4 fighter purposely crashed into a power plant shell. As I
recall it took out a 4.5" chunk of concrete.


Mxsmanic wrote:
> See
>
> http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/01/29/reactor.security/index.html
>
> I agree with the NRC. Nuclear plants are designed to readily
> withstand far worse than the impact of an aircraft, such as internal
> steam explosions. Aircraft are light and fragile, and would simply
> crumple uselessly if they hit a containment building or cooling tower
> (and cooling towers aren't terribly critical). The same is true of
> aircraft hitting structures like dams: if the dam can resist a
> bazillion tons of water pressing against it 24 hours a day, an
> aircraft hitting it would be like a fly against Mount Shasta.
>

[Thomas Borchert]

Mxsmanic,

> I agree with the NRC.
>

Thank god! If you as the expert on anything agrees, I guess we're safe.
I feel so much better.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Mike Hunt]

Stubby wrote:

> There is a video clip on the web showing a test: A fully loaded and
> fueld F-4 fighter purposely crashed into a power plant shell. As I
> recall it took out a 4.5" chunk of concrete.

Man, that pilot must have been brave, or stupid. :)

[Mike Hunt]

Thomas Borchert wrote:

> Mxsmanic,
>
>
>>I agree with the NRC.
>>
>
>
> Thank god! If you as the expert on anything agrees, I guess we're safe.
> I feel so much better.
>

The UNRC (Ukraine NRC) on the other hand, is a different story.

[Viperdoc[_4_]]

Anthony is not an expert on anything- in his own mind he is an expert on
everything.

[Alan Street]

In article >, Mike Hunt
<postmaster@localhost> wrote:

> Stubby wrote:
>
> > There is a video clip on the web showing a test: A fully loaded and
> > fueld F-4 fighter purposely crashed into a power plant shell. As I
> > recall it took out a 4.5" chunk of concrete.
>
> Man, that pilot must have been brave, or stupid. :)
>

"Crash test dummy" takes on a whole new meaning