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To: towerdog who wrote (53715)3/7/2022 6:20:06 AM
From: Real Man  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 97214
 
Yes, old reactors present an increased meltdown risk if/when they develop a crack in the reactor core, so they are shut down. I lived near one (Oak Ridge). There was talk of 3 eye fish in the local river. The effect on the environment isn’t pretty. Then again, environment regulations were probably less strict around WW2 when that reactor started. Source: town rumors.
If there is a crack, they definitely have to be shut down.



To: towerdog who wrote (53715)3/7/2022 10:37:00 PM
From: TigerPaw  Respond to of 97214
 
Metals in a reactor absorb neutrons making new isotopes at least. I would think they would try to pick metals that don't transmutate into other elements. I don't know. It always seems that old radioactive sites are full of things like thorium and with the radioactive isotopes of practically everything making up the reactor, structure, shields, pipes and all. Fusion reactors have even higher energy neutrons so I suppose they create even stranger isotopes.


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