Message from @Arthur Grayborn

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2019-08-13 04:16:43 UTC  

of the control rod material

2019-08-13 04:16:47 UTC  

for it to effectively trap neutrons

2019-08-13 04:16:52 UTC  

otherwise theres no point

2019-08-13 04:16:58 UTC  

why would you ? the rods would be usless

2019-08-13 04:17:00 UTC  

If it's in the floor, then mass isn't a problem. Put whatever you want in there.

2019-08-13 04:17:10 UTC  

Keep coolant flowing.

2019-08-13 04:17:12 UTC  

The water is also about slowing reaction

2019-08-13 04:17:15 UTC  

uh mass is the problem dude

2019-08-13 04:17:21 UTC  

it is a closed system

2019-08-13 04:17:24 UTC  

i dont think you know how nukes are arranged

2019-08-13 04:17:31 UTC  

fuel rods are in a tight lattice

2019-08-13 04:17:34 UTC  

you can't use water from the enviornment

2019-08-13 04:17:34 UTC  

in the core

2019-08-13 04:17:39 UTC  

a very tight one

2019-08-13 04:17:39 UTC  

and thus any closed system only has so much water

2019-08-13 04:17:43 UTC  

not a whole lot of room

2019-08-13 04:17:47 UTC  

that water will boil off

2019-08-13 04:17:52 UTC  

PV=nRT

2019-08-13 04:18:00 UTC  

steam creates pressure

2019-08-13 04:18:15 UTC  

and blow the closed coolant system

2019-08-13 04:18:25 UTC  

Why not give it room to do exactly that? Turn to steam, and go somewhere else.

2019-08-13 04:18:32 UTC  

This is why they build them inside giant concreate spheres so that if it does go boom the radiation cannot escape

2019-08-13 04:18:33 UTC  

uh

2019-08-13 04:18:37 UTC  

if it turns into steam

2019-08-13 04:18:40 UTC  

cause it is about 1000x an expansion

2019-08-13 04:18:42 UTC  

it cant cool down your shit anymore

2019-08-13 04:18:44 UTC  

lol

2019-08-13 04:18:52 UTC  

not to mention having superheated steam

2019-08-13 04:18:55 UTC  

exploding your reactor

2019-08-13 04:18:59 UTC  

isnt exactly a good thing

2019-08-13 04:19:19 UTC  

The steam explosion is the problem. If you can avoid that, a meltdown just fucks up you reactor and requires a lengthy repair process.

2019-08-13 04:19:24 UTC  

so for every 1cubic ft of watter, you'd need 1000cuft to hold the steam at the same pressure

2019-08-13 04:19:28 UTC  

no

2019-08-13 04:19:30 UTC  

just tell it to chill

2019-08-13 04:19:31 UTC  

a real meltdown

2019-08-13 04:19:39 UTC  

the rods

2019-08-13 04:19:41 UTC  

Uranium gets hot enough to melt.

2019-08-13 04:19:44 UTC  

will evaporate the coolant

2019-08-13 04:19:46 UTC  

they will

2019-08-13 04:19:49 UTC  

melt through the concrete

2019-08-13 04:19:49 UTC  

yeah, the rods are also a problem