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Re: Electricity costs



Rick wrote:

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Tarara [mailto:rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:38 PM

I was under the impression (seems to me from a friend who was in the
industry) that containment buildings are designed to survive the impact of
a
commercial jet.

The threat is not to the containment structure or even the reactor itself,
but to the non-reinforced holding ponds for spent fuel. Classic "dirty
bomb" scenario.

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