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The fuel here is in tiny containers (about that of a poppy seed https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/triso-particles-most-robust-nuclear-fuel-earth https://www.en
by lallysingh 5y ago
The fuel here is in tiny containers (about that of a poppy seed https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/triso-particles-most-robust-nuclear-fuel-earth https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/triso-particles-most-robu...). You'd have to crack many of them, and that's not likely from an accident. How what's the ratio of bananas to cracked TRISO particle for equivalent radiation?
The reactors can't melt down, so you'd have to physically crack many of these particles and then distribute the results into the air.
- caddywompus 5y agoThese are really interesting! It looks to me like the tiny containers and materials are meant to prevent unintended fission rather than shielding from radioactive decay. Still, I'd imagine identification and cleanup would be much easier with something like this.