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What materials are proven unbreakable in a 500 mph aeroplane-meets-hard-surface collision? Also, what about a surface-to-air missile?
by hugh 18y ago
What materials are proven unbreakable in a 500 mph aeroplane-meets-hard-surface collision?
Also, what about a surface-to-air missile?
- DanielBMarkham 18y agoPebble reactors anyone? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_bed_reactor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_bed_reactor
- hugh 18y agoI'm not gonna pretend to be an expert on reactor safety, but I do note that the article mentions that a pebble bed reactor is kept inside a big concrete building designed to withstand aircraft crashes. I assume this means that an aircraft crash involving a pebble-bed reactor _not_ inside a big concrete building could be bad. The second layer of containment (two-meter thick walls) also sounds pretty difficult to make fly.