You misunderstand me. It is not the removal of the reactor that I object to.
Clearly every scrap of the containment would have to
be removed or secured before converting it into a museum.
I think the reactor should stay precisely where it is: intact, within a
double-reinforced steel tube, (presumably) on a military
base.
There's no earthly reason to take it out except that our Congressman decided
that the vessel, without its powerplant, would be a
free curio of the Cold War for His Constituents Back Home. They did some kind
of quickie feasibility study, the results of which
where "This is a preposterous idea; it would cost millions; you're stupid-
don't do it." Since they put a price tag on it, our
Congressman concluded it is INDEED possible.
I'm gonna let go of it.
Jim
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