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It boils off a 1 mile deep water column? And you don't need a core catcher when you are already 1 mile deep in bedrock. It just goes to the bottom of the hole
by consensus1 4mo ago
It boils off a 1 mile deep water column? And you don't need a core catcher when you are already 1 mile deep in bedrock. It just goes to the bottom of the hole.
- cyberax 4mo ago> It boils off a 1 mile deep water column? Yes? > And you don't need a core catcher when you are already 1 mile deep in bedrock. Yes, you do. Because if the shaft explodes or gets blocked near the top, the fission products can travel up the water column.
- consensus1 4mo agoSo this thing is just boiling off water from the mile deep water column, and nobody things "hey maybe we could add some more water"? How does a shaft "explode"? What is generating the explosive force?