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The "foot" is composed of (now) solid material, and sitting on a concrete pad onto which the reactor building was constructed. Around the building is the "New S
by LeoPanthera 7y ago
The "foot" is composed of (now) solid material, and sitting on a concrete pad onto which the reactor building was constructed. Around the building is the "New Safe Confinement" structure.
So no, it will not bleed out.
- Hamuko 7y agoDoes the New Safe Confinement also extend into the ground?
- gargravarr 7y agoIt doesn't, but after the disaster, the basement areas were eventually filled with a lot more concrete. It's not just the very thick concrete pad between it and the groundwater, and it no longer generates enough heat to threaten to melt through.