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No, I am not talking about what happened. I am talking about what almost happened. They tunneled under the meltdown to stop it from destroying a huge amount of
by pfisch 6y ago
No, I am not talking about what happened. I am talking about what almost happened.
They tunneled under the meltdown to stop it from destroying a huge amount of Europe, and I believe everyone involved in the tunneling died.
- magicalhippo 6y agoSorry, brain seemed to filter away the crucial "almost". However it goes back to how "intermediate" levels of radiation affects us. Even if the water had caused the remaining cores to blow up as well[1] then it's still not clear just what the impact would be[2]. [1]: https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/485190 https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/485190 [2]: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190725-will-we-ever-know-chernobyls-true-death-toll https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190725-will-we-ever-kno...
- pfisch 6y agoI might not be remembering correctly, but I thought they had to tunnel under it to stop the core from burning down into the water table which would spread the nuclear disaster far and wide. Not to stop the steam explosion.