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A nuclear power plant reactor can explode like a nuclear bomb.
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REFUTED
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Is it true that a nuclear power plant reactor can explode like a nuclear bomb?
No. Two sources directly state that nuclear reactors cannot explode like nuclear weapons, and a third describes only non-nuclear fluid-transient explosions in accidents. The evidence settles the claim in the negative.
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Why is it impossible for the reactor of the nuclear power.... (n.d.). physics.stackexchange.com. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/710668/why-is-it-impossible-for-the-reactor-of-the-nuclear-power-plant-to-turn-into-an
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Human Sacrifice, or Nuclear Energy?. (1983). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1983.00350040233046
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Nuclear Power Plants Are Not So Safe: Fluid Transients / Water Hammers, Autoignition, Explosions, Accident Predictions and Ethics. (2021). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijp.20210901.13
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