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there is a substantial difference in severity between a transformer being compromised and a fission reactor being compromised
by omegabravo 7y ago
there is a substantial difference in severity between a transformer being compromised and a fission reactor being compromised
- bsder 7y agoProbably less than you think. A lot of transformers used polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the insulating oil. Those tend to contaminate groundwater and degrade on the same timescales as radioactivity. We have, fortunately, banned the usage of such things for quite a while. But, if a transformer hasn't been replaced in the last 20 years, it's probably hazardous.