A small three-paragraph story recently raised extreme concerns. This AP newswire from Washington told how engineering models appeared to confirm the nuclear industry's claim that a reactor containment vessel could withstand a direct hit from a jet airplane. This may be a convenient supposition proved by computer models but two significant points appear overlooked.

The containment vessel may survive a jet impact but the control room and/or temporary pools of spent fuel lying outside the containment vessel might not survive. A nuclear core without monitored control because everything outside the containment vessel is incinerated can cause a modern day China Syndrome or Chernobyl disaster.

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