In 2019 Iowa produced 43% of their electricity, not total energy from wind, and since it is really cold there guess what , most homes, and businesses are heated with propane, natural gas, and fuel oil. The devil is always in the details.

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Posted by Miketheseventh

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Posted on 2/20/21 at 6:03 pm to RazorBroncs

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But then the stupid people also think that it immediately paints a huge target on their back for a foreign attack, and that a nuclear plant somehow contains the explosive power of a nuclear bomb

I retired from the nuclear industry. The concrete containment building (which is where the reactor is located) is designed to withstand a direct hit. A 747 fully loaded with fuel would only make a black mark on the concrete wall if it were to hit it. But like you said it’s the ill informed people that causes problems for the nuclear industry. A nuclear plant today is safer than any other type of facility.

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Posted by EA6B

Member since Dec 2012

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Posted on 2/20/21 at 6:12 pm to Miketheseventh

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I retired from the nuclear industry. The concrete containment building (which is where the reactor is located) is designed to withstand a direct hit. A 747 fully loaded with fuel would only make a black mark on the concrete wall if it were to hit it. But like you said it’s the ill informed people that causes problems for the nuclear industry. A nuclear plant today is safer than any other type of facility.

Sandia Labs built a section of containment wall, then put a old F4 Phantom on a rocket sled, and ran it into the wall at 500mph, the Phantom basically vaporized, leaving just a lightly scratched up area on the containment wall.

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