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Title: XKCD Comic : Chernobyl
Post by: Tyler on June 15, 2019, 12:04:19 pm
Chernobyl (https://xkcd.com/2163/)
14 June 2019, 5:00 am

(https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/chernobyl.png)

Source: xkcd.com (https://xkcd.com/)

Title: Re: XKCD Comic : Chernobyl
Post by: Korrelan on June 15, 2019, 12:34:33 pm
I really enjoyed the series...

I found this interesting... some scientists should just not be allowed near the lab... though they paid the price.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core

 :)
Title: Re: XKCD Comic : Chernobyl
Post by: LOCKSUIT on June 15, 2019, 01:01:16 pm
How interesting is that?

"On the day of the accident, Slotin's screwdriver slipped outward a fraction of an inch while he was lowering the top reflector, allowing the reflector to fall into place around the core. Instantly there was a flash of blue light and a wave of heat across Slotin's skin; the core had become supercritical, releasing an intense burst of neutron radiation estimated to have lasted about a half second.[6] Slotin quickly twisted his wrist, flipping the top shell to the floor. The heating of the core and shells stopped the criticality within seconds of its initiation,[15] while Slotin's reaction prevented a recurrence and ended the accident. The position of Slotin's body over the apparatus also shielded the others from much of the neutron radiation, but he received a lethal dose of 1,000 rad (10 Gy) neutron and 114 rad (1.14 Gy) gamma radiation in under a second and died nine days later from acute radiation poisoning. The nearest person to Slotin, Graves, who was watching over Slotin's shoulder and was thus partially shielded by him, received a high but non-lethal radiation dose. Graves was hospitalized for several weeks with severe radiation poisoning and developed chronic neurological and vision problems as a result of the exposure.[8] He died 20 years later, at age 55, of a heart attack. It may have been caused by hidden complications from radiation exposure, but could also have been genetic in nature, as his father had died from the same cause."
Title: Re: XKCD Comic : Chernobyl
Post by: LOCKSUIT on June 15, 2019, 01:04:16 pm
"Slot-in"

get it?

screwdriver...