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Chernobyl is the ultimate dead-man's switch. It needs 24/7 maintenance. Do nothing and it melts down and destroyers the globe.

• UncleOxidant 5y ago
  > Do nothing and it melts down and destroyers the globe. The whole globe? Gonna need a citation for that. It won't be fun for Europe or Russia if it melts down, but destroy the whole globe seems a little hyperbolic.
  • bluetwo 5y ago
    Yes, a giant cooling system dug underneath the reactor after the accident takes water from a nearby river and pumps it out to a cooling pond where it evaporates. This keeps the concrete from melting and the core contained. Here is a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency: https://www-pub.iaea.org/iaeameetings/IEM4/29Jan/Voitsekhovych.pdf https://www-pub.iaea.org/iaeameetings/IEM4/29Jan/Voitsekhovy... (Poor english but good diagrams)
    • CamperBob2 5y ago
      Nothing in that document describes a planetary-scale disaster.
      • bluetwo 5y ago
        The second link, posted at the same time, does.
  • bluetwo 5y ago
    Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_meltdown#China_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_meltdown#China_syndrom...