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Water is great at containing radiation, to the point that you can safely swim at the top of radioactive cooling pools (just don't go too deep). Should somethin
by slededit 9y ago
Water is great at containing radiation, to the point that you can safely swim at the top of radioactive cooling pools (just don't go too deep). Should something go wrong, scuttling the boat is a much better containment method than what is possible on land. There are issues with debris escaping from the vessel however - but the problem is much simpler than on land.
- lighthazard 9y agoWhat happens in the case of a fallout? It can contain radiation, but how effectively?
- slededit 9y agoIf you sank it before containment was breached nothing would escape into the atmosphere and therefore there would be no fallout. There would be leakage in the ocean itself but its effect is more localized due to water attenuating the radiation. While research is pretty scant, there have been containment failures at sea. Currently 8 submarines nuclear subs have sank. In general their effects have been much less than Chernobyl the only land equivalent.