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RE: Reactor Containments and Terrorist Attacks





Here is an interesting book that popped up on a search at

http://www.witpress.com/s500cont.html





                                                                          

                                                                          

                                                  Structures Under Shock  

                                                  and Impact VI           

                                                                          

                                                                          

                                                  Editors: N. JONES,      

                                                  University of           

                                                  Liverpool, UK and C.A.  

                                                  BREBBIA, Wessex         

                                                  Institute of            

                                                  Technology, UK          

                                                                          

                                                                          









                                                                          

                                                                          

                                                  Section 4: Missile      

                                                  Penetration and         

                                                  Explosion -             

                                                  Ceramic/polymer         

                                                  composite armours;      

                                                  Steam explosion         

                                                  resistance of an        

                                                  internal core catcher   

                                                  of a nuclear reactor    

                                                  pressure vessel;        

                                                  Numerical analysis of   

                                                  the structural          

                                                  response of armoured    

                                                  vehicles subject to     

                                                  ballistic impacts;      

                                                  Simulation of           

                                                  perforation behaviour   

                                                  of carbon fiber         

                                                  reinforced 6061-T6      

                                                  aluminum metal matrix   

                                                  composite by a          

                                                  tungsten projectile;    

                                                  Concrete piercing       

                                                  warhead - a model       

                                                  study; Experimental     

                                                  study on the            

                                                  perforation of steel    

                                                  fiber reinforced        

                                                  concrete slab by        

                                                  impact; Modeling shock  

                                                  and projectile          

                                                  penetration response    

                                                  of ceramics.            

                                                                          

                                                                          









                                                                          

                                                                          

                                                  ISBN: 1-85312-820-1     

                                                  2000 672pp              

                                                  £198.00/298.00          

                                                                          

                                                                          







The information is out there...just may be painful to digest. Definitely

hope this one is at the library...



My opinions only...



DJWhitfill







                                                                                                                             

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Ted Rockwell  wrote:

<snip>

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.

<snip>

Am I the only guy  that thinks such statements should not be allowed to

stand  unchallenged?

<snip>



 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).





Jaro









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