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Chemically neutralizing the shielding water should be trivial. But why would the water need to be refrigerated? Energy absorbed from radiation would be emitte
by stametseater 4y ago
Chemically neutralizing the shielding water should be trivial. But why would the water need to be refrigerated? Energy absorbed from radiation would be emitted as thermal radiation, and lose a ton of thermal energy during the long lunar nights. If well insulated, the water tanks could serve as thermal batteries to keep the rest of the base warm.
- drtgh 4y agoI said it for to maintain undesired chemical reactions under control. My first thought after to read some papers would be below 25°C, but this is not my field so take it with a grain of salt, as the water temperature in normal operating conditions within nuclear waste water pools seems to be held below 50°C by the refrigeration systems. PS. I'm not sure if it would be trivial to treat the water for to keeping it operative more than one year as effective shield.