[Sax]

I would imagine their reactor would be sufficiently hardened against shoulder fired rockets. I was told once during a visit to a nuke plant that the reactor there could withstand a direct hit from a jetliner.

[Ditto]

It appears this is a very old (1950s vintage) 10MW research reactor. From this site it appears the containment is a simple steel pressure vessel without the reinforced concrete outer structure used on commercial power reactors (which can withstand a hit from a commercial jet.)

Would an RPG penetrate it? I don't know. And even if it did penetrate the shell, I'd imagine the chances of it breaching the reactor itself would be damn pretty slim.

[Tarpon]

True, but it is a small jetliner by todays standard -- a 707 class plane. Only the reactor core containment building is usually protected.

Newer PBMR designs are much better, more effecient, more stable, and can't do a Chernobyl style meltdown. We should start immediate deployment of them, that is provided you are really interested in reducing CO2 and not controlling people.

[metesky]

I worked as a carpenter at Seabrook Station in the late 70s, early 80s. The "crypt" (where the nuke reaction actually takes place) is, IIRC, about 10ft thick, maybe thicker, poured concrete with rebar as thick as a man's torso.

I'm no explosives guy, but I'd bet my last dollar that a shoulder fired rocket wouldn't do the trick.