Eugene Leitl wrote in response to Damien Broderick:
> > Each of them protected by a force field and ray guns, to keep the next
> > lot of terrorist-hijacked planes at bay.
>
> Actually, nuke plants with a containment are claimed to be engineered to
> withstand the impact of a crashing plane.
*Claimed* to be.... That`s the problem. Maybe the US nuclear plants are
safe, which I cannot believe. German Environment secretary said last week,
in
case of a Boeing 747 crash, the containment of Biblis nuclear plant near the
city of Frankfurt
might prevent a meltdown, but is not supposed to provide an overall
protection. German Government always boasted of having built the safest
nuclear
plants in the world. And lately built plants do have a concrete shield of
almost 2 meters and might withstand a plane crash, but Biblis doesn`t seem
to be safe at all. And it is the most dangerous reactor in the heart of
Europe
as far as population density is concerned.
The attacks on nuclear plants are a serious problem. And obviously no
Government official has ever thought about an *intentionally initiated*
plane
crash. Imagine a Boeing 747, heading from Frankfurt to the USA is going
to be hijacked and with the full load of fuel is flown at full speed into
Biblis containment. I bet the concrete shield will not withstand that
impact.
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