5 times we almost nuked ourselves by accident - Page 2

Gas Man · 10-19-2010, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

I wouldn't, his place sucks. Mine does also. You really don't want to wander around one of these. It's boring and potentially harmful.

But you aren't part of that list!

caveman · 10-19-2010, 09:28 PM

The Fermi 1 incident has been severly overplayed so many times its not funny. The worst part wouldn't have been the nuclear explosion. What would have been worse would have been if the coolant, which in that unit, was Liquid Sodium, had gotten to the lake. Not sure if you have ever seen the experiments where the scientist drops in a gram of sodium into a beaker of water and the thing violently burns just from contact with water. And that was only a gram or so of the stuff. Imagine if the coolant had leaked to Lake Erie. Thousands of gallons of liquid sodium in the lake would have relatively nuked the surrounding area. By the time the partial meltdown had occured the safety shutdown systems were already causing the nuclear reaction to halt thus stopping any possible nuclear explosion.

Trip · 10-19-2010, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

But you aren't part of that list!

You still won't see anything exciting. We make tritium and that's boring as shit.

Particle Man · 10-19-2010, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

You still won't see anything exciting. We make tritium and that's boring as shit.

I'm sure the tritium thinks it's exciting.

Gas Man · 10-19-2010, 11:00 PM

Overplayed or not. Correct or not. It is the way history has recorded it.

I will hv to google tt other shit later.

dReWpY · 10-20-2010, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

Overplayed or not. Correct or not. It is the way history has recorded it.

I will hv to google tt other shit later.

What is this Texas?

Lolz

marko138 · 10-20-2010, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

You still won't see anything exciting. We make tritium and that's boring as shit.

Makes cool gun sights.

Trip · 10-20-2010, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by marko138

Makes cool gun sights.

Not this stuff. It's for making bombs.

Particle Man · 10-20-2010, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Not this stuff. It's for making bombs.

It multiplies the reaction, right? Or something along those lines?

marko138 · 10-20-2010, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Not this stuff. It's for making bombs.

Make me some sights.

10-19-2010, 09:28 PM	#12
caveman mmmm, Beeeer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South of the D Michigan Moto: 08 HD Ultra Posts: 582	The Fermi 1 incident has been severly overplayed so many times its not funny. The worst part wouldn't have been the nuclear explosion. What would have been worse would have been if the coolant, which in that unit, was Liquid Sodium, had gotten to the lake. Not sure if you have ever seen the experiments where the scientist drops in a gram of sodium into a beaker of water and the thing violently burns just from contact with water. And that was only a gram or so of the stuff. Imagine if the coolant had leaked to Lake Erie. Thousands of gallons of liquid sodium in the lake would have relatively nuked the surrounding area. By the time the partial meltdown had occured the safety shutdown systems were already causing the nuclear reaction to halt thus stopping any possible nuclear explosion. __________________ Heres my 10¢, my 2¢ are free. Caveman

10-19-2010, 11:00 PM	#15
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	Overplayed or not. Correct or not. It is the way history has recorded it. I will hv to google tt other shit later.