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Something like windscale would never be built again either. It was an air cooled research reactor designed to make weapon fuel, not power generation or anythin
by qbasic_forever 3y ago
Something like windscale would never be built again either. It was an air cooled research reactor designed to make weapon fuel, not power generation or anything useful for civilian purposes. As they learned, air cooling at that scale was a terrible idea and never used again.
- kayodelycaon 3y agoAir-cooled reactor... that horrifies me. But it was built before they really knew what they were playing with.
- sidewndr46 3y agoNot really, everyone knew this was dangerous. For the UK it was either "do this or don't make nuclear weapons"