08-08-2016, 06:16 PM
Also, don't think you can write off a nuclear disaster just because "it's too small", the US managed to fit a nuke into a backpack-sized space. That shit could take out several city blocks by itself.
And yes, as long as the core stays inside, we're good, because it's the radioactive materia that is the real problem here: In a nuke, the explosion is just an explosion, the gamma radiation will quickly dissipate, but any leftover material is the real trouble, as it gets thrown into the atmosphere, ground, and water, poisoning it with a constant pump of radiation as it decays. In our modern nukes, we have done our best to minimize the nuclear waste, but nuclear reactors are not built like nukes: they're a controlled explosion, and don't have the liberty of letting it all go off at once to prevent any waste from escaping. The core stays inside, eh, a few characters die, core gets dumped, everybody needs a new character.
And yes, as long as the core stays inside, we're good, because it's the radioactive materia that is the real problem here: In a nuke, the explosion is just an explosion, the gamma radiation will quickly dissipate, but any leftover material is the real trouble, as it gets thrown into the atmosphere, ground, and water, poisoning it with a constant pump of radiation as it decays. In our modern nukes, we have done our best to minimize the nuclear waste, but nuclear reactors are not built like nukes: they're a controlled explosion, and don't have the liberty of letting it all go off at once to prevent any waste from escaping. The core stays inside, eh, a few characters die, core gets dumped, everybody needs a new character.
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