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Marlin:
We take containments for granted as part of a nuclear plants contruction, but this was not always the case. Name a plant where the containment was not in the original design.

Fermi2:
Actually there are 5 or 6 plants that were originally designed without containments. When they realized they had to put the plants near cities they had to codify something to allow it, thus 10CFR100. The Containment was the method chosen by the industry as the best way to comply with 10CFR100.

Mike

HydroDave63:

--- Quote from: Marlin on Aug 12, 2005, 07:45 ---We take containments for granted as part of a nuclear plants contruction, but this was not always the case. Name a plant where the containment was not in the original design.

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Beside Chicago Pile 1, and SL-1, or do you mean commercial power plants?

Marlin:
Commercial (US of course)

Marlin:
Another good question would be which Power Plant containments appear in movies. The answer to one of the sites in the first question is the the same as the one in the second (just different domes).

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