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The core in Chernobyl melted down into the basement as well, fortunately it stopped there.
by snom380 13y ago
The core in Chernobyl melted down into the basement as well, fortunately it stopped there.
- PythonicAlpha 13y agoYes, but it seems to me, that the risk of further melt downs in Chernobyl is much lower and the core is more divided -- so the situation is stable without cooling. In Fukushima, the cores still have to be cooled, what makes the thing troublesome. You can't just bury a core that has to be cooled .... As much I remember, in Chernobyl the core stopped before it reached the ground water, because they digged below the core and made it stop -- risking and probably sacrificing further lives.