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Discussion: No big boom
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 ~Jack~ |
No big boom
Jul 27 2008, 10:52 AM EDT There is something we need to keep in mind before we assume the worst. The Nuclear explosion you guys have seen on television and the internet(the mushroom), were all man-made explosions. Meaning, they cannot happen unless we make them happen. AKA: make a bomb. Nuclear power-plants and nuclear bombs work very very very differently for each other. They may use the same stuff, but they work very differently. Okay? so, assuming that a nuclear reactor lost containment and went into melt down. There would be a lot of explosions, granted, but they will not be nuclear in nature. they will be other things exploding due to the heat and energy radiating from the nuclear fuel. Tons of radiation will be released into the atmosphere, and whatnot. But no big boom. At the end of the melt-down, the only thing that will happen to the uranium is that it will turn into lead. It may take thousands of years to do it, but it will all eventually turn into lead. Okay? There will be lots of radiation, but no big boom of doom. okay? Just wanted to be clear on this. 3 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
 nightcreeper78 |
RE: No big boom
Sep 8 2008, 12:52 AM EDT Department of Energy keeps a large well armed security force in all nuclear power plants so at least is safe from intrusion...heavy water(Ditrium)is what regular H2O becomes in the process of shielding the environment from radioactive rods...the temperature is kept regulated to prevent the shielding from evaporating faster than it can be replenished...the process produces steam which in turn rotates turbines that turn magnetos to produce electricity...It's like a giant steam powered generator...the steam doesn't contain radioactive particles they are too heavy for the molecules of steam to carry off...I think that with all the safeguards in place we'll be alright. Do you find this valuable? |
