(sorry, I can never say
that without laughing) 
Originally posted by mrmonsoon
Could it be that Russia KNOWS the plant and associated areas WILL be distroyed and so they don't want the fuel there-as bombing a fueled reactor-I BELIEVE- would be like exploding a dirty bomb.
Unfortuneately, yes. In order to destroy the reactor they would have to punch through any containment buildings they would have around the core. so unless they were to collapse the reactor in on itself in such a way as to seal in the radiation there would be radiation blown everywhere. And I dont see how the could collapse the reactor in such a way unless they used ground penetrating tactical nukes and avoided hitting the core as they did it.
