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Why are regulators allowing fission reactors, especially in a time of global turmoil, aren’t these easy targets for adversaries?

Manuel_D 4y ago
Quite the contrary: nuclear reactors are essentially housed in bunkers. There was much fretting about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant during war, but if anything it demonstrates the resiliency of nuclear facilities.
- alexfromapex 4y ago
  It sounds like there was not a direct attack on that reactor so there’s no definitive answer on how bad it would be https://thebulletin.org/2022/03/what-experts-say-an-attack-on-a-ukrainian-nuclear-power-plant-could-do/ https://thebulletin.org/2022/03/what-experts-say-an-attack-o...
kennend3 4y ago
Instead of asking sensationalist questions designed to create fear...why not look into it? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573319304619 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S173857331... The studies have already been done, crashing a jet into a nuclear power plant wont do much. I'm more familiar with Canada's designs and the walls are several M thick of reinforced concrete. Not exactly material known for being easy to break into. This is from the power plant close by me : https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.8122465,-79.0744714,3a,48.2y,88.54h,96.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smnwdsyHWMouKidkp2_j9zA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.8122465,-79.0744714,3a,48.2y,... warning that you may be shot for entering has a tendency of keeping people away
- alexfromapex 4y ago
  You may not be familiar with Socratic questioning. Your response also comes off as rude. The question was meant as a prompt for dialogue not because I didn’t already research this topic.
  - kennend3 4y ago
    your post looks like it has been downvoted, so i guess no one was familiar with "Socratic questioning" and your post comes across as "anti-nuclear" without doing any research. as a leanring oppertunity, this is what Socratic questioning looks like: What is an example of Socratic questioning? What do you mean when you say X? Could you explain that point further? Can you provide an example? Is there a different point of view? you simply asked negative-framed questions : Why did the regulators approve fission reactors knowing our country has enemies..
    - alexfromapex 4y ago
      Thanks for the “leanring oppertunity” … yeesh. I feel so much smarter now. Making vague generalizations like “no one is familiar” because one person saw my comment and downvoted is a fallacy my friend.

Manuel_D 4y ago

Quite the contrary: nuclear reactors are essentially housed in bunkers. There was much fretting about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant during war, but if anything it demonstrates the resiliency of nuclear facilities.

alexfromapex 4y ago
It sounds like there was not a direct attack on that reactor so there’s no definitive answer on how bad it would be https://thebulletin.org/2022/03/what-experts-say-an-attack-on-a-ukrainian-nuclear-power-plant-could-do/ https://thebulletin.org/2022/03/what-experts-say-an-attack-o...

kennend3 4y ago

Instead of asking sensationalist questions designed to create fear...why not look into it? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573319304619 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S173857331... The studies have already been done, crashing a jet into a nuclear power plant wont do much. I'm more familiar with Canada's designs and the walls are several M thick of reinforced concrete. Not exactly material known for being easy to break into. This is from the power plant close by me : https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.8122465,-79.0744714,3a,48.2y,88.54h,96.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smnwdsyHWMouKidkp2_j9zA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.8122465,-79.0744714,3a,48.2y,... warning that you may be shot for entering has a tendency of keeping people away

alexfromapex 4y ago
You may not be familiar with Socratic questioning. Your response also comes off as rude. The question was meant as a prompt for dialogue not because I didn’t already research this topic.
- kennend3 4y ago
  your post looks like it has been downvoted, so i guess no one was familiar with "Socratic questioning" and your post comes across as "anti-nuclear" without doing any research. as a leanring oppertunity, this is what Socratic questioning looks like: What is an example of Socratic questioning? What do you mean when you say X? Could you explain that point further? Can you provide an example? Is there a different point of view? you simply asked negative-framed questions : Why did the regulators approve fission reactors knowing our country has enemies..
  - alexfromapex 4y ago
    Thanks for the “leanring oppertunity” … yeesh. I feel so much smarter now. Making vague generalizations like “no one is familiar” because one person saw my comment and downvoted is a fallacy my friend.