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The Famous Photo of Chernobyl's Most Dangerous Radioactive Material Was a Selfie
Apr 15, 2016 12:43 PM
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The Famous Photo of Chernobyl's Most Dangerous Radioactive Material Was a Selfie
Dreamspitter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corium_(nuclear_reactor)#Chernobyl_accident
SinisterCheese
Those who care that is the actual core, molten in to a lava like mess and pouring out of the reactors, they even named it Corium.
Dreamspitter
“Soviet radiation,” he joked, “is the best radiation in the world.” -Artur Korneyev
TeddyMoment
Is... Is that ghost dude playing guitar?
thepandasbum
He looks like a ghost o.o
HighestHorse
He is a ghost now
ireallyneedabetterusername
Surprisingly he is not dead yet :)
Farmbot26
Fun fact: Chernobyl was not an atomic explosion like an atom bomb, and like people think it was. Pressure just built up because the water 1/
Farmbot26
Wasn't getting cooled properly, and the sealed metal core popped like a balloon. Also, the plant wasn't contained in a concrete 2/3
Farmbot26
containment dome like plants elsewhere. TL;DR: anyone who cites Chernobyl as a reason against nuclear power hasn't done their homework.
ireallyneedabetterusername
Sauce: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-famous-photo-of-chernobyls-most-dangerous-radioactive-material-was-a-selfie
CardboardEmpress
Fascinating and terrifying. The fallout's still being felt over Europe. This year Norway's reindeer were found to be too radioactive to eat.
ireallyneedabetterusername
I read about that too, it's just way crazy. And "not too radioactive to eat" there is 6 times higher than the limits elsewhere too :/
CardboardEmpress
D'ye'know, i just checked and there's no (easily findable) information from Miljødirektoratet later than the 2014 report on villrein 1/
CardboardEmpress
They don't give any evidence for my assertion that it's too hot to be safe, it's probably one of those things you *think* you've read ...
ireallyneedabetterusername
Nope, I've read it :) here you go! http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/chernobyl-radioactive-reindeer-norway-a6903571.html