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Kyle Hill, a YouTuber known for professionally produced science videos, has filmed a documentary at the Dresden Generating Station in Illinois that provides a rare glimpse into the nuclear power plant and aims to educate viewers on the safety and benefits of nuclear energy. The documentary, transparently named “I Kissed Nuclear Waste To Prove a Point,” is meant to show that “the world looks different when you understand it, and nuclear power and waste, when you understand it, looks less dangerous and more promising than ever,” Hill says. read more

SNL video of an F-4 Phantom II (68,000 pounds) smashing into a section of reactor containment vessel at over 500 mph. The result is barely a scratch on the inside of the vessel. This is how modern nuclear reactors are built, with a six-foot wall of steel-reinforced concrete that can resist this kind of impact. Nuclear reactors are designed damn tough, to keep contamination inside in the worst case scenario. This is not how Chernobyl was designed, and this is why the results were disastrous. This is how Three-Mile Island reactor was designed, and that is why the nearby city was unaffected and the plant still operates today. Well-built reactors are safe to live by, and safer and cleaner than alternative fuel sources.

Safe Containment

The container, called Transuranic Packaging Transporter Model 2, or TRUPACT-II, is:

• Eight feet in diameter and 10 feet high.
• Doubly-contained, non-vented, and constructed of stainless steel.
• Certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and meets U.S. Department of Transportation safety requirements.

A series of stringent tests conducted on the container included:

A drop from a height of 30 feet onto an unyielding surface.

Exposure to jet fuel fire at a temperature of 1,475 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of 30 minutes.

A drop onto a steel spike from 40 inches to test puncture resistance.

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