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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 t
by rcruzeiro 11mo ago
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.
- ErroneousBosh 11mo agoI also read in the XKCD thing that it might be up to about 50° so it's probably a bit uncomfortable for most algae type things. I bet there's some good chance of getting wacky extremophiles though!
- luckman212 11mo agoWould you mind sharing a link to "the xkcd thing" if you have it? edit: sorry for being lazy, I scrolled a bit more and found it.
- johnisgood 11mo agohttps://what-if.xkcd.com/29/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/
- ethbr1 11mo agoRelevant: "For the kinds of radiation coming off spent nuclear fuel, every 7 centimeters of water cuts the amount of radiation in half."
- wiz21c 11mo agoOn the picture, the fuel rods are indeed protected by a huge quantity of water above them. But what happens below them ? They seem to be in direct contact with the ground...
- Zacharias030 11mo ago50C is terribly hot for a swim. Hot spring baths usually top out around 42-43C
- lazide 11mo agoCheck out this study. Pretty wild! [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7760952/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7760952/]