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To: TimF who wrote (46760)	10/28/2010 10:18:39 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Re: "Nuclear weapons basically don't go off because of an accident." 1) you should probably read the story one more time --- 'cause all five 'nuclear incidents' did NOT involve nuclear 'weapons'. (Pretty sure there were some 'reactors' prominently mentioned. <g>) 2) regarding 'nuclear weapons' though. (Also pretty sure that the earliest generations' designs did not incorporate as advanced fail sake protections as we routinely design in now. <g>) Also 'nuclear incidents' (even involving bombs that might get ruptured and contents scattered around... like, say, as a result of a crashing and exploding and burning strategic bomber) might very well be of the 'dirty bomb' variety --- as in very long half-lived radio isotopes being scattered widely across the landscape. :-(