FW: Terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

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--- John  



-----Original Message-----

From: Yann Donjoux [mailto:Yann.Donjoux@cern.ch]

Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:37 AM

To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)

Cc: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: Re: Terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities





"Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" wrote:

> 

> Hi,

> If you have been reading the news, it was not the impact of the jet liners

> that brought down the World Trade Towers, but the fire from the fuel

> weakening the supporting steel superstructure.  Does anyone know if the

> safety analysis considered intense heat as well as the impact on the

> containment building?





As far as I remember my studies concerning nuclear facility (in France),

nuclear power plant are not designed to resist to a full fueled airplane

crashing onto a nuclear power plant. The external building housing the

heart of the power plant has been designed to resist to ONE engine

crashing onto it. Not a full fueled airplane...



PS: If my email do not reach the mailing list, could you forward it

please, I have unsubscribed for holidays...

Regards,



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