Nuclear plants don't explode like nuclear bombs because they don't carry out the chain reactions that give bombs the explosive bursts energy, they can melt down but that won't be so dramatic
Comment by Aonil143 on Ultimate Shut-in - Chapter 105
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@Aonil143 yeah but explosions are cool
@Aonil143 That's true but they are talking about someone sabotaging the power plant, depending on how they go about it you can certainly expect an explosive fallout situation.
@Senburu unlikely unless the sabotage itself involves packing the place with explosives. Modern reactors are designed to minimize the risks to an obsessive degree, using several methods such as reducing the amount of fissile material available to use at any given moment, in built mitigators to maintain the reaction below a certain level, using fuel that is far below weapons grade, etc...