myth buster
2009-03-21 22:57:55
I’m a nuclear engineer, so I’m qualified to state that sabotage is not a threat in nuclear power plants, because single-failure criteria are non-existent, so it would take quite a massive conspiracy inside the plant to even attempt an act of sabotage, if such an action is even physically possible (many plants are walk-away safe, that is, physically impossible to sabotage). If you are worried about nuclear material being stolen, rest assured that the fuel in the core is too hot to handle- a person attempting to steal it would quickly kill himself in the process.
