Thank you. The relevant section starts at page 161. The book suggests the worst case scenarios:
1. vaporisation of the core* by a small highly targeted terrorist nuclear bomb (most relevant to reactors near large population centres).
2. vaporisation of the core* by a larger nuclear bomb.
A standard meltdown (a la Fukushima or 3 Mile Island) would likely not be a problem (relative to the explosion of the nuclear missile itself). Can a nuclear missile from a sub cause vaporisation of the core or stored spent rods? I am sure the military wonks have the answer, but it is a hard question to answer as a civilian. The book you referenced doesn’t answer that question (it hypothesises some worst case scenarios, and it does not investigate what could be realistic scenarios based on realistic limitations).
1. vaporisation of the core* by a small highly targeted terrorist nuclear bomb (most relevant to reactors near large population centres).
2. vaporisation of the core* by a larger nuclear bomb.
A standard meltdown (a la Fukushima or 3 Mile Island) would likely not be a problem (relative to the explosion of the nuclear missile itself). Can a nuclear missile from a sub cause vaporisation of the core or stored spent rods? I am sure the military wonks have the answer, but it is a hard question to answer as a civilian. The book you referenced doesn’t answer that question (it hypothesises some worst case scenarios, and it does not investigate what could be realistic scenarios based on realistic limitations).
* or stored spent rods I presume.