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President cites Ukraine intelligence that Moscow has mined Zaporizhzhia nuclear station and sent away staff

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm aware it's not a bomb. I was in the radiation affected area in Japan when the power plant melted down. It doesn't need to be a bomb to release radiation.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yea, isn't a nuclear power plant fucked, when they destroy the means to cool it down? I just think there are a lot of ways to fuck with a power plant. pls correct me if I'm wrong :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No, there are a lot of ways to fuck shit up, but the main point of how these things are built is to make sure that the radiation stays inside.

A modern plant can have a full meltdown and not release anything outside the plant.

Three Mile Island comes to mind. It was a full melt down of one of the reactors (there were several reactors in the plant) and no radiation escaped the building.

The absolute worst case here would take actual knowledge of the plant's systems to bomb things at the right times in the right order to create a half-assed dirty bomb.

The more likely is another Three Mile Island style meltdown, but with added radiation hazards inside the plant itself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Don't perpetuate the fear-mongering bullshit. Educate yourself. There is no reason to fear nuclear power. The entire world should be running on nuclear power right now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As a supporter of nuclear power... Please stop talking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, Daiichi melted down because they were unable to keep it cool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, which is why Tokyo is the most rad city on earth. The mayor wanted Tokyo to evacuate but it would cause too much panic about Japan and loss of face. So people just breathed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If Daiichi taught me anything, is that you can cause catastrophe by depriving a nuclear plant of auxiliary power.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should do some more research, because it's nowhere close to being that simple.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Looks like neither of us wanted to write a dissertation.. because of fucking course it's not that simple.