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Oh no, Chernobyl could have been a LOT worse. It's really worth learning about.
"If the three courageous men were not successful in their mission the Chernobyl death toll was likely to reach the millions. Nuclear physicist Vassili Nesterenko declared that the blast would have had a force of 3-5 megatons leaving much of Europe uninhabitable for hundreds of thousands of years."
https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-real-story-of-the-chernobyl-divers#:~:text=If%20the%20three%20courageous%20men,hundreds%20of%20thousands%20of%20years.
3-5 megatons? You don't get blasts like that from a ruptured steam vessel. That takes a nuclear explosion. You are aware that not only was Chernobyl not a nuclear explosion, there is nothing in any nuclear power plant anywhere even capable of creating a nuclear explosion of any magnitude, right?
You are welcome to provide a source that backs up your claim, like I did!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_meltdown
A source that discusses the possible repercussions of a Chernobyl explosion...
Come on.
Even a casual google will confirm what could have happened.
Edit: heck, didn't realize you were trolling. Or at least, I hope anyone who writes nonsense like "There is no systemic oppression of women and there never has been." Is trolling. Either way, you do you, I'd rather spend time with folks who are worth my time.
Cheers!
Oh, have you already resorted to an internet background check?
A nuclear power plant has nothing capable of creating a nuclear explosion. Nuclear fuel is not capable of going super-critical. You cannot put it into any configuration in which this is the case. No nuclear power plant has ever had a super-criticality event and no nuclear power plant has ever been capable of even producing one.
https://science.fusion4freedom.com/why-a-nuclear-reactor-cannot-explode-like-an-atom-bomb/
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/710668/why-is-it-impossible-for-the-reactor-of-the-nuclear-power-plant-to-turn-into-an
Yes.
My time is valuable and I'm happy to share it with the folks who make Lemmy better.
Cheers.