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If you read the links I posted, you would know that a safe temperature for the surrounding water is up to 65C. Why don't you read the links to answer for yours
by patrickg_zill 13y ago
If you read the links I posted, you would know that a safe temperature for the surrounding water is up to 65C. Why don't you read the links to answer for yourself, what happens if the water goes above that temperature?
(BTW I did use hot in quotes, to make it clear I was referring to the fact that there is still low level fission occurring.)
- mpyne 13y ago> Why don't you read the links to answer for yourself, what happens if the water goes above that temperature? Because I have already told you how water temperatures are safe from a heat transfer perspective. I should hope I don't have to remind you not to immerse yourself in water that is too hot, but the fuel itself will be fine if it can be cooled, and it can be cooled by nothing more than water immersion. This is, after all, how the fuel rods at Unit 4 were being cooled for a short time during the Fukushima meltdown.