IDF to simulate attack on Dimona nuclear reactor
By YAAKOV KATZ
09/04/2011 11:04
Translation by Autumnson Blog
Home Front Command to hold large exercise called “Fernando”; Israel closely studying recent crisis at Japan's Fukushima plant.
後方司令部會舉行稱為“費爾南多”的大型演習；以色列密切地研究最近在日本福島核電廠的危機。
The IDF Home Front Command and the Israel Atomic Energy Commission will hold a large exercise this week to simulate a missile attack against the Dimona nuclear reactor in the Negev.
以色列國防軍後方司令部和以色列原子能委員會本週將舉行大型演習，模擬導彈攻擊在內格夫的迪莫納核反應堆。
The drill is being called “Fernando,” after the nuclear meltdown in 1959 in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles. It took workers a month to regain control of the reactor and more than 50 years for the United States to clean up the contaminated site.
演習被稱為“費爾南多，”記念1959年洛杉磯附近的聖費爾南多谷的核熔毀。它花了工人一個月的時間重新獲得反應器的控制，和超過 50年給美國去清理被污染的地點。
Israel has closely studied the recent crisis in Japan following the earthquakes in Fukushima that led to a nuclear meltdown at a number of reactors, to draw lessons that can be applied in the event of a missile strike on the Dimona facilities.
以色列已密切地研究最近的日本危機，隨著福島縣地震導致數個反應堆的核危機後，以吸取教訓可應用於在迪莫納設施的導彈攻擊事件。
In March, Prof. Uzi Even, a former top official at the Nuclear Research Center in Dimona warned that the reactor is aging and possible damage to its cooling system could result in a breakdown with far-reaching consequences.
Even noted that the technology in the Dimona reactor and the reactors in Japan was similar. "The reactors were built about the same time, 40-50 years ago. In principle, the planning of the reactors is similar. The soft underbelly is the cooling system, which must be operated with great force, even after the reactor is turned out," he said.
"If there is a breakdown in the cooling system, it will cause the core to collapse. That is what happened at the Japanese reactors," Even continued.
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=236601
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