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12395785 No.12395785 [Reply] [Original]

I've heard this argument from anti-nukes but it sounds like some major bullshit to me.

>> No.12395798

You think there are experts on the intricacies of nuclear reactors on 4ch that could give accurate and knowledgeable answers? Seriously?

>> No.12395802

>>12395798
this comment could be applied to every thread, might as well shut down the board

>> No.12395808

>>12395798
The nuclear explosion thing has... as far as I know, always been major-grade bullshit. A lot of nuclear reactors nowadays are designed so they DON'T do that. People just remember Chernobyl and Three Mile Island and assume all reactors are like that.
At the same time I have no idea how nuclear reactors work.

>> No.12395812

>>12395802
Yes.

>> No.12395818

>>12395808
current reactors cannot blow up in a nuclear detonation because the fuel is way to dilute. The anti-breeder argument is that they can blow up because they continuously produce new fuel inside the core

>> No.12395820

>>12395785
Probably not likely, but nuclear waste is less absorbable by planet than CO2.

>> No.12395830

>>12395820
>but nuclear waste is less absorbable by planet than CO2.
what is this supposed to mean lol

>> No.12395949

>>12395785
>blow up in a nuclear explosion?

Duh, if you put a bomb in the reactor, of course it'll blow up

>> No.12396256

>>12395785
Really this boils down to "can a nuclear reactor form a supercritical assembly with a multiplication factor roughly above 1.3" and the answer is a solid "no" even if you make a device like the SHIVA core it will bounce itself appart or the fission waste will render it subcritical faster than you can push the spheres together with normal equipment.

Ocams razor here, if you could make a nuke pushing two pieces of Uranium together by hand why did the Manhattan project spend like 30% of their time on fancy explosive lenses or high speed guns to form a supercritical mass fast enough for an explosion?

>> No.12396504
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12396504

>>12395785
Chernobyl was a breeder reactor. Obviously it can blow up. But not like a nuke. More like some kind of dirty bomb.

>> No.12396634

>>12396504
>Chernobyl was a breeder
no

>> No.12396882

>>12395798
Yes. And the answer is: absolutely not provided you have a proper design with negative reactivity insertions associated with increases in temperature or neutron flux so a runaway reaction does not occur