Uh, I think I'll go with Tom Clements. Both he and the Nuclear Control Institute have a long history and a good track record in these matters. Whereas you, Marc, have not exactly covered yourself in glory defending matters nuclear here. Last time your main authority was some 30-year-old book, long out of print, and you weren't able to counter the arguments put against your views. Which arguments still stand.
http://www.nci.org/index.htm The Nuclear Control Institute, Washington DC Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ >"... Mr. Clements said threats from the air -- such as missile attacks >and crashing airliners -- haven't been given much thought, and that >these installations are just as defenceless to such an attack as the >Pentagon and other office buildings." > >If he means defenseless in the sense of being unable to PREVENT attack, >then of course I must agree. But if he means unable to SURVIVE then he >is wrong. The conditions that containment are meant to survive are much >more stringent than an airliner impact. > >You need to understand that aircraft are not high-density objects - in >ordnance terms their ballistic coefficient is low. They HAVE to be light >in order to fly! In addition, they are frangible - they burst easily - >and most of their mass dissipates with the residual fuel, so they cannot >penetrate hard targets. The World Trade Towers were soft-shell targets, >and even they were not destroyed by impact, but by the subsequent fire. >A fire on the outside of a nuclear plant containment dome would have no >effect whatever except to scorch the shell and raise the temperature >inside by a few degrees. > >Marc de Piolenc ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/47cccB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
