I was going to ask for the source and then I thought, "I should just search my computer first" and sure enough I already had it. :-)
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I am actually curious as to the effects of nuking a nuclear plant but not "too close": can the neutron burst increase reactivity to blow it?
I have seen calculations on the amount of fallout generated by nuking a reactor (it increases the "dirtiness" by a significant factor),
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I imagine that in the old OPLAN dropping a little something on Ignalina would have had quite an effect.
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It dramatically adds to the contamination — it's like the worst of both worlds (nukes and reactor accidents) — if I recall.
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I can imagine, especially the spent fuel pools.
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but this would be imagining that it breaches containment.
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Well, a reactor meltdown breaches the containment just fine on its own, as witnessed in Fukushima and Tchernobyl.
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And I imagine a nuke doesn't have to go off right on top of it to cause a meltdown due to systems failure or containment breach.
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Pelagial underwater detonation would be a great way to flood a coastal reactor, causing a highly localized Tsunami.
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