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I've always found the Tokaimura accidents to be a little "creepier." A vat of liquid can end up in a state of mixture and configuration that causes it suddenl
by akira2501 3y ago
I've always found the Tokaimura accidents to be a little "creepier." A vat of liquid can end up in a state of mixture and configuration that causes it suddenly become critical. [0]
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokaimura_nuclear_accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokaimura_nuclear_accidents
- lxgr 3y ago> A vat of liquid can end up in a state of mixture and configuration that causes it suddenly become critical. It can indeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Kelley_criticality_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Kelley_criticality_accid...
- lordfrito 3y agoWow what an interesting article, especially the part about the plutonium liquid vortex reaching criticality. Fascinating (but sad) stuff. Shame how his widow was treated afterwards.
- Arn_Thor 3y agoI have seldom come across a casual sentence as chilling as "bone marrow that was watery and contained no red blood cells".