This video demonstrates WHY you contain and cool your reactor at all times.
First off, The blast shield was VAPORIZED COMPLETELY.
Second off, The reactor was placed in the approximate center of a 64x64 block. The indentation on the outer walls was average of 8 blocks INTO the walls on ALL SIDES.
Ground Zero went down by 11 blocks.
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