Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110312:02:13:00
Reinforced concrete buildings that have a leak tight liner. and the idea behind the containment is really if you have what's called a design basis accident where you have a partial melting of the core, but don't have any catastrophic explosion, that that containment will function to limit radiation releases. unfortunately after most reactors operating today were designed and built, they discovered that well, there are certain types of events that could challenge the containment and they're not impossible. so most of the containment buildings at reactors today are vulnerable to certain severe e...
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