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A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by refulgentis »

ErroneousBosh wrote: post #377
refulgentis wrote: post #365

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Few fun riffs for a Sunday morning: Wow, people are really clueless about how nuclear power plants really work. They literally wrote up a safety report and transported them off-site. Wow, people are really clueless about how to avoid reacting angrily. It's funny to append "they were wearing a life vest" to "they had a nuclear safety accident"

What, "morning", how dare you! It's late afternoon shading towards early evening here! (Am I doing it right yet?)

It's literally 11:59 AM, Hieronymus. People don't get how time works. I'm the observer of spacetime!

Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by SpaceNoodled »

AndrewStephens wrote: post #357
MeteorMarc wrote: post #353

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Also, it is fully demineralised water to avoid neutron capture.

Well it’s not demineralised anymore since someone fell into it. I wonder if they have to replace the water now.

Nah, just take out the minerals

Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by rcruzeiro »

ErroneousBosh wrote: post #375
djtriptych wrote: post #356

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I'm pretty sure the engineer at the nuclear plant I visited in elementary school drank a glass of water out of that pool to demonstrate how safe it was. I hope I'm misremembering that but it's a pretty strong memory that totally locked in for me that that water is not necessarily dangerous.

Serious question, as daft as it might sound - do they have to chlorinate the water to stop stuff growing in it? I'd expect it'd be about "swimming pool" warm so just great for all sorts of manky algae growing.

The water is borated and heavily purified. You don’t want stuff growing inside, but at the same time you don’t want to have chlorinated water slowly corroding the metal components.

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Post by EA-3167 »

haskellshill wrote: post #324
wiz21c wrote: post #229

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dunno if the life vest bit comment of yours was sarcastic, but it is a funny remark for sure :-) it sounds like "guy felt down in a volcano, but fortunately, he had a life vest"

Wow, people are really clueless about how nuclear power plants really work. It's really not that dangerous to fall into the water.

You know the article that people love around around here, ‘Reality Has A Surprising Amount of Detail’… well it does, and most people don’t realize how little of it they’re even aware of.

Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by froggit »

tialaramex wrote: post #240
wiz21c wrote: post #229

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dunno if the life vest bit comment of yours was sarcastic, but it is a funny remark for sure :-) it sounds like "guy felt down in a volcano, but fortunately, he had a life vest"

Rather more like "Guy fell over looking into the volcano but fortunately there's a metal fence". The most immediate danger to you is that you'll drown because radioactive water is water and you can't breathe. So the life vest avoids this. In contrast volcanic lava absolutely can kill you before you drown, no problem. Yes, radioactivity isn't good. You should not, for example, drink this water, or swim in it once a we…

Not sure how fortunate that metal fence would be. Apparently those things conduct heat. "Fortunately guy who fell in volcano landed on the white hot chain link safety fence deep inside and was grilled to death over a span of several minutes. His last thoughts were on how lucky he was that at least he hadn't fallen in a reactor pool without a life vest."

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Post by rcruzeiro »

layer8 wrote: post #339
afiori wrote: post #246

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My understanding is that reactor and waste pools are some of the least radioactive environments as they are constantly monitored for leakage.

TFA says: “The individual was decontaminated by radiation protection personnel but had 300 counts per minute detected in their hair. At 1632 EDT they were sent off site to seek medical attention.” Apparently they do have concerns.

Nuclear plants follow a strict “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) principle. Any intake of reactor water or radiation exposure must be reported and evaluated no matter how small.

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Post by Waterluvian »

sunrunner wrote: post #380
Waterluvian wrote: post #345

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There was a video about this I saw recently. Indeed, the person said the most dangerous risk is drowning.

I thought the main risk was from being shot by the guards before you made it to the pool?

The main risk is getting into a car accident as you outrun the cops down the freeway on your way to the reactor.

Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by froggit »

iamacyborg wrote: post #204
Traubenfuchs wrote: post #201

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Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by kortilla »

refulgentis wrote: post #366
layer8 wrote: post #339

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TFA says: “The individual was decontaminated by radiation protection personnel but had 300 counts per minute detected in their hair. At 1632 EDT they were sent off site to seek medical attention.” Apparently they do have concerns.

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His comment is gray because it’s still pearl clutching over facts the commenter doesn’t even understand. The worker was not sent for radiation because 300/min is background radiation levels you get from everyday things.
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