Command and Control (the book, I haven't seen the documentary) has a number of stories way way way scarier than this one. Imagine an ICBM, with warhead, in a m

Command and Control (the book, I haven't seen the documentary) has a number of stories way way way scarier than this one. Imagine an ICBM, with warhead, in a missile silo in Arkansas, massively and rapidly leaking oxidizer, the pressure for which in part provides foundation for the weight of the rest of the rocket above that tank; if it gets to a certain low pressure point, it crushes under the weight above, and then fuel and oxidizer combine, ignite, and now you've got a warhead involved in the ensuing conflagration. I really think we've been incredibly lucky with nuclear weapons, and comparatively unlucky with nuclear power plants. Not that I have a problem with that.