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Isn't all of this dependant on the composition of the corium? As that's what defines how much heat is being added to itself via nuclear reactions? Per my under
by ethbro 10y ago
Isn't all of this dependant on the composition of the corium? As that's what defines how much heat is being added to itself via nuclear reactions?
Per my understanding, it will always be sub-critical without correct geometry and neutron moderators. But wouldn't the precise amounts and percentages of various materials in the molten sludge vary thermal output?
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoThat's the way I read it. I find it hard to believe there are any circumstances under which a hundreds-of-megawatts to gigawatts core could remain hot enough to burn through hundreds or thousands of feet of earth.