Can a nuclear power plant explode like a bomb?
No. It’s impossible for a nuclear plant to explode like an atomic bomb because of the low concentration of U-235 fissionable uranium in the fuel. There is only about 3-5 percent of U-235 the type of uranium whose atoms can be split to release large amounts of heat in commercial nuclear fuel. In contrast, there is 20-90 percent of U-235 in a nuclear bomb.
