Dartz Wrote:Right, and what caused the explosion?.the most likely suspect is hydrogen venting from the containment vessel. Which happens when the water inside the reactor turned to steam...and the steam disassociated into hydrogen and oxygen. That means you're looking typically at 2% disassociation at 2000C. If they have a hydrogen vent release, at least 1 part of the reactor is that hot. I'm not sure what the fuel rod linings are made of, but melting at that point is not that far off unless they do something. Which is why I think they're willing to destroy this reactor by pumping sea water into the containment vessel. And there's 2 more reactors in the same situation. If they can't get a handle on this and it runs away from them....it will be a lot worse than TMI. I'm praying already.blackaeronaut Wrote:Yes indeed... but that pales in comparison to having a reactor that is 100-fold more powerful than the ones at Chernobyl blow its stack. That will have far more lasting consequences.
Where are you getting you information?
This reactor is half as powerful as the 1Gw Chernobyl 4 reactor. Also, it is contained within a heavy steel containment structure, which is intact, and wasn't present at Chernobyl. What actually exploded was just a lightweight outer building from the appearance of things. There isn't a chance in hell of this thing going Chernobyl.
The worst that could happen is that it TMI's.
This kinda reminds me of a joke.
There was this passenger jet taking off from the runway when stewardess noticed a guy sweating while looking at his watch during takeoff. He finally relaxed when they leveled off. She went to him and assured him everything is fine. He shot her a look and said "Lady, I was on the team that designed the engines on this plane. You don't know the number of things that can go wrong in the first 2 minutes."
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