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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: koan who wrote (568887)5/30/2010 12:18:07 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1579116
 
"a terrorist detonates a suitcase nuclear bomb near a nuclear power plant?"

Define 'near'. To come anywhere close to breaching containment, they would have to get the nuke right next to the building. Outside the controlled perimeter, not a lot would happen. Assuming it is built to code, the containment building is a reinforced concrete shell built to withstand direct missile attacks. They once tested a simulated building by flying a jet fighter into it at high speed. It gouged the concrete. Inside the building is a steel vessel. It is designed to withstand the impact of a fully loaded airliner.

"Say if it had been 3 mile Island?"

3 Mile Island was a very early design. Things have improved since then.
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