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RE: Reactor Containments and Terrorist Attacks
Ted Rockwell
wrote:
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I believe it would
be easy to show that the fuel-bearing tanks in an airplane wing can simply NOT
penetrate a containment structure, so the worst you could have is a crack in the
concrete and perhaps part of the engine lying on the deck. The plant
probably wouldn't even shut down.
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Am I the only guy
that thinks such statements should not be allowed to stand
unchallenged?
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No, I
definitely think that such statements should be challenged -- but I believe its
very helpful, in making a case to the public, to have some graphic evidence to
support that case. Could somebody PLEASE help dig up a few photos of that impact
test of a military jet into a containment-type wall ? This goes back quite a few
years, and I haven't been able to dig it up from my own files. The test was
probably done at Sandia (???).
In addition to that, it is illustrative to show how
containment walls are built (like that photo in B. L. Cohen's book, Before its too late - The Case for Nuclear
Energy), as well as some information on airliner structures, including the
internals of large turbofan engines (possibly on a Pratt & Whitney web site
?). Comparisons may then be made with other objects that were impact tested,
including that military jet & its engine(s).