Originally Posted by
tartare
I fort the nuclear plant was designed to be so strong as to be able to be hit by an airliner and still hold it's structural integrity.
Am I missing something here?
The Twin Towers were designed to withstand a 707 direct hit, says it all really.
It all depends on what is hit and where, take out the reactor cooling and you have problems, containment integrity or not. Plus you also have the stored waste in water tanks.
says it all really