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> Right there's no huge containment facility, but there's still a concrete dome over the reactor isn't there?

I'm pretty sure these aren't intended to be used with a concrete dome or anything as substantial as that. Look at the pictures in the article, and some of the referenced benefits:

Can be used for emergency response to help restore power to areas hit by natural disasters

- "Can be quickly removed from sites and exchanged for new ones"

- "Can be used for emergency response to help restore power to areas hit by natural disasters"

That doesn't really mesh with needing to build a concrete dome on site.




Or it can be installed underground, as the same website has proposed in other articles on small reactors: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-key-resilient-features-... It's a lot easier to dig a pit than build a giant 5 meter thick dome.

Regardless, the point remains: the question that needs to be asked isn't "are these sites vulnerable to attack" it's "can an attacker inflict more damage here than through conventional means?"




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