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> juuuust barely above critical mass Interesting. Everyone says that nuclear reactors are safe and material can't be used to build bomb, how are we ensuring th
by febusravenga 3y ago
> juuuust barely above critical mass
Interesting. Everyone says that nuclear reactors are safe and material can't be used to build bomb, how are we ensuring that were always only tiny bit above CM... And this bit doesn't grow unexpectedly.
As laic, i see many failure modes, starting with simple accidents in handling of rods or bad storage
- Wildgoose 3y agoIt's actually just below Critical Mass. (For obvious reasons). You need sufficient fissile material to provide the increased neutron flow generating heat which you can use to power generators, but you have to then extract that heat efficiently to prevent your nuclear core from literally melting.