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> 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
by 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?