Re: Indian Point - containment buildings are pretty armoured by design. The Indian point containment vessel walls are several feet of high-grade steel reinforced concrete. You might be thinking of the skinny, low quality rebar used in common construction at this point - this isn’t that, the rebar here is 2.25 inches thick, made of good-quality steel, and spaced every fifteen inches or so. The containment building is also smaller than a 747, so you can’t transfer the entire plane’s energy to it like you could with a larger target like the towers.
The Indian Point engineers assert that theirs reactors and all other structures contains radioactive material could survive a 9/11 style impact.
The Indian Point engineers assert that theirs reactors and all other structures contains radioactive material could survive a 9/11 style impact.
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