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If a tow truck ran over a nuclear reactor what would happen to the reactor?
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∙ 14y ago
Luckily, nuclear rectors are too large to be ran over by a tow truck. However, if one did get ran over by a tow truck, nothing would happen. The containment vessel is enormously strong, and the outer structure is even stronger, so no meltdown would happen.
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