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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...

Environment is a concern. i understand the logic behind controlled venting at this point and i think we all hope it is going to work because if there's a catastrophic rupture of the containment and large scale corn melt, we could be facing something like they are noble as opposed to something like three mile island. at three mile island as bad as it was, they were able to avert a full scale containment failure, and there was a release of radiation but comparatively small. but of course, you're dealing with comparatives here. you know, you have two unpalatable choices and you have to decide. >>...

Release some of the pressure by venting some radioactive gas now and avoid a larger catastrophe later. so it is really a devil's bargain, but of course the radiation exposure resulting from moderate venting is going to be a lot less than if this accident actually progresses to a worst case where we have a full scale corn melt, and then a catastrophic rupture of containment. >> to be clear about that venting, that essentially is a controlled, deliberate release of some amount of radiation, and obviously that's a better scenario than an uncontrolled release of a lot of radiation, but is there re...