Afhanistan said it was "ready" if they have to defend themself against America

[FearlessLeader2]

Damien-

You raised an interesting question, regarding the effects of a plane driven into a nuclear power plant. Supposedly, those things are built to withstand earthquakes, and earthquakes release energy in excess of a nuclear weapon. Doubtless the plant would be unable to generate energy until repaired, and might have to be simply scrapped, but the reactor vessel is many feet of steel-sheathed, reinforced concrete. I doubt that a leak would occur, but I am not 100% sure.

I would like to note, as an aside, that if it were not for the fact that waste disposal is subsidized by the AEC(IE taxpayer dollars), no nuke plants would exist, as the cost of disposal makes those things cost-ineffective.

 

[G-Man]

Are you sure about nuke plants not being efficient? Well, then I'm glad we don't have one in Israel. No need to take chances of becoming mutants if it doesn't save money <img src="graemlins/crazyeyes.gif" border="0" alt="[Crazy Eyes]" /> <br />Well, we do have a nuclear reactor. But no one knows what's being done there... Most people believe it's nukes, but for tha past 20 years Janes always said we have 100 nukes. So we're not making any new ones. We also don't use it for electricity. In fact, I think there's no reason to keep this building. But who dares to destroy a nuclear reactor? Not me <img src="icon12.gif" border="0">

 

[Rangers, Lead the Way]

Originally posted by FearlessLeader2:<br /><strong>Damien-

You raised an interesting question, regarding the effects of a plane driven into a nuclear power plant. Supposedly, those things are built to withstand earthquakes, and earthquakes release energy in excess of a nuclear weapon. Doubtless the plant would be unable to generate energy until repaired, and might have to be simply scrapped, but the reactor vessel is many feet of steel-sheathed, reinforced concrete. I doubt that a leak would occur, but I am not 100% sure.

I would like to note, as an aside, that if it were not for the fact that waste disposal is subsidized by the AEC(IE taxpayer dollars), no nuke plants would exist, as the cost of disposal makes those things cost-ineffective.</strong><hr></blockquote>

RPV's would be almost impossible to penetrate, but you would have some coolant leaks, and the containments could be penetrated.

Your argument on disposal related to inefficiency is incorrect, although I'm far from being a nuke advocate. The "cost" is also directed by the regulatory side, and factored over the life of a given reactor's fueling, is significantly less than fossil on a per kwh output basis.