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[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Even better, the water in a cooling pool like that is less radioactive than the normal background radiation level outside the pool. (That's one reason they use water to begin with, it absorbs radiation and doesn't easily become radioactive itself)

[-] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

While technically accurate, the water could still transport entrained fission daughter products, so there still might be a significant spread of contamination outside the pool, even if the water itself isn't activated.

But here is the scenario I think you're referencing!

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Indeed I was thinking of that one. Love the final paragraph.

I thought of mentioning the possibility of corrosion/leaks, but I'm pretty sure they monitor for that, and (though I hadn't remembered this) even in the What If, it says that the levels likely wouldn't be serious.

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