Re: Flawed Video Showing "Vulnerabilities" of Casks to Terrorists

["Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

> >

> > A shaped charge ("high energy detonating device") hitting the cask at

exactly

> > 90 degrees to a plane parallel to the cask sides, could put a 9 cm

diameter

> > hole into a truck cask (this is the worst case) and could rupture two of

the

> > fuel assemblies in the cask.  the explosive, which explodes against the

> > surface of the cask, penetrates one wall of the cask but not both.  The

EIS

> > calculates that the MEI dose for this scenario would be 110 rem for the

most

> > extreme case.

> >

> > Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

> > ruthweiner@aol.com



This assessment is interesting as far as it goes. But what would be the

maximum radiation dose consequence if a 1000 ton meteor crashed

into a loaded cask?

Shouldn't all possibilities be considered? If the answer is that only

reasonable possibilities should be assessed, what in this context is

the definition of "reasonable"?

Perhaps further funding might be requested to allow for testing

the effects of all forms of military ordinance on loaded casks.

Regardless of the results, the mere conduct of such tests, if

accompanied by sufficient publicity, could effectively serve

to increase public fears.









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