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14. The World Trade Center was designed to withstand a plane impact, and it did - they fell down anyway.
Fri Dec 19, 2014, 12:39 PM
Dec 2014

And Fukushima was designed to withstand earthquakes - and they did, but they melted down anyway.

The World Trade Center towers survived the plane impacts, but collapsed because the jet fuel made the support structures melty enough that they failed.

And the Fukushima reactors survived the earthquake, but melted down because the cooling system failed. (The cooling system actually broke during the earthquake, before the tidal wave hit, so the multiple meltdowns may have occurred even if the generators were above tidal wave height, and even if the tidal wave never hit).

And Fukushima reactor 4 had known defects in its pressure vessel, if it wasn't down for refueling it likely would have popped like popcorn kernel, which means they probably wouldn't have gotten cooling to the other reactors and they would also have popped like popcorn kernels.

Anyone being familiar with how containment buildings are built would laugh at the idea they can't be turned into dirty bombs. One of the many requirements they cheat on is being able to withstand earthquakes.

Not just a likely scenario - an inevitable scenario.

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Nuclear reactors are pre-positioned dirty bombs. bananas Dec 2014 #1
In January 2014, Ukraine warned that rebels had threatened its own reactors. bananas Dec 2014 #2
Whooowee!!! The scary stories are coming non-stop now! DeSwiss Dec 2014 #3
Megan Rice of Transform Now Plowshares bananas Dec 2014 #5
"nuclear facilities arose as a key option" for the 911 attacks. bananas Dec 2014 #4
Anyone being familiar with how containment buildings COLGATE4 Dec 2014 #8
The World Trade Center was designed to withstand a plane impact, and it did - they fell down anyway. bananas Dec 2014 #14
And your expertise on how containment is constructed COLGATE4 Dec 2014 #15
The World Trade Center was design to withstand a plane no bigger then a 707 happyslug Dec 2014 #19
yeah, right. KG Dec 2014 #6
Actually it wouldnt surprise me if its true but there is a difference in planning something cstanleytech Dec 2014 #7
Exploding cigars for Fidel! Nitram Dec 2014 #10
What a fucking joke the media is, right? Washington Free Beacon? Is that a lighthouse? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #13
Washington Free Beacon is owned by the Washington Times. n/t FSogol Dec 2014 #21
Given the shoddy, unmaintained status of nuclear power plants, why bother? Demeter Dec 2014 #9
You have no idea what you're talking about. nt Union Scribe Dec 2014 #27
Riiight Demeter Dec 2014 #29
It's pretty clear you don't, actually. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #32
Nope. Union Scribe Dec 2014 #33
One headline you will never read.... FLPanhandle Dec 2014 #11
America not scared enough by a current hacker attack in a movie company, we have to dig through Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #12
'homeland security' 'for profit' Corps monster wants more Federal billions and billions. Sunlei Dec 2014 #16
Disclosure of the report, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act<< President O, made it easie Sunlei Dec 2014 #17
Bring it on North Korea so we can whip your ass bigdarryl Dec 2014 #18
Unrec. The Washington Beacon is dreck from the Washington Times via editor Bill Gertz. FSogol Dec 2014 #20
Containment domes were design to take all but a direct hit by an Atomic Bomb. happyslug Dec 2014 #22
Thank you for providing correct information about COLGATE4 Dec 2014 #23
Par for the course for the anti-nuclear movement. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #25
Yep. Gets old after so many years. nt COLGATE4 Dec 2014 #26
Yep. Union Scribe Dec 2014 #28
PROTIP: Not every nuclear power plant is as poorly-designed as Chernobyl. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #24
True. Some are worse. Demeter Dec 2014 #30
Bullshit lies. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #31
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