From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 07:48:01 MDT
On Fri, 1 Jun 2001 Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
> Even a few tons of Plastique (c-2--c4) may shut down a pressured water
> reactor, but to successfully penetrate a steel-reinforced collander
> dome, and disperse uranium oxide -235, is a much more difficult
> venture.
Nuke power on earth is broken, but not because of vulnerability to
terrorism (you need a direct hit with a nuclear device into the
containment -- assuming there is a containment, as some folks don't think
it's necessary) to get enough of radionuclides into the wind.
Nuke power is broken because you can't trust people with handling the
technology responsibly, and because there are much cheaper, safer
alternatives.
Nuke power in deep space is of course another question entirely.
> Plus, despite movies and tv shows, plastique is much harder to come by
> then one may think. Hence, the need for ANFO (amonium nitrate & fuel
> oil). If a truck carrying a load of explosives is halted at a
Typo: ammonium nitrate. The problem with fuel oil ammonal is that you have
to use it when it is still fresh, as otherwise you've got component
separation due to gravitation.
> hurricane fence, its detonation is not physically close enough to
> 'bring down the house.' Nuclear power is looking good economically, in
> large part, because small-scale, power generation has been
> side-tracked by planners, who fear that small-scale would cause users
> to go independent of utilities.
Indeed, small scale facilities look very good on the short run.
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