Although the reactor containment itself was confirmed to be intact, the hourly radiation from the plant reached-an amount equivalent to that allowable for ordinary people in one year.
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:: : : To clarify, I used " go Chernobyl " to mean " produce all kinds of radioactive smoke and fire ", not " break the reactor containment ".
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Since the 1970s, Energy Department staffers and contractors have simulated accidents by firing steel beams at models of nuclear reactor containment buildings and studying how quakes could upset nuclear reactors.
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The first one, based on the abandoned plant's primary reactor containment vessel, held of water, was 55 feet ( 18 m ) deep and 209 feet ( 70 m ) across.
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Gunter told about 60 persons at a nuclear power public forum Thursday night that the Fermi plant has an inadequate reactor containment system and that key parts are showing signs of cracking.
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Because the discharge of the reactor cooling water took place outside of the reactor containment, there was no feedback from the sump over the safety feeding pumps and / or cooling pumps.
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Also, in the dynamic environment of a reactor containment building the 88 Rb concentration would not be expected to remain constant on a time scale of hours, as required by this measurement method.
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:A torus is a reasonably pressure-resistant shape that fits nicely around the bottom end of a sphere ( the reactor containment vessel ) .-- talk ) 02 : 16, 16 March 2011 ( UTC)
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The largest Schnabel car in public railroads operation, reporting number WECX 801, was completed in 2012 by Kasgro Railcar for Westinghouse Nuclear and is used in North America primarily to transport reactor containment vessels.
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A unique feature of Hope Creek is its cylindrical reactor building complete with a dome which makes it appear similar to a pressurized water reactor containment building which is not typical of boiling water reactors.
