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Originally Posted by moose1am
SO?
Reactor Coolant is not in contact with the U235 enriched material. It's not comtamianted by radiation. It's the same as drinking tap water or bottled water.
He's not drinking water that's been in DIRECT contact with the Uranium
If you leak U235 atoms into that collant water and Ricter Drank that water he would have died long before he died from old age.
Enriched U235 is only 3% and that's enough to make a bomb.
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Originally Posted by Frame57
Didn't Rickover drink reactor coolant? Do not see a problem, just depend on who builds and runs them.  |
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Certain types of U-235 Reactors (Not sure if the majority or not) DO have water come into direct contact with U-235, because the water blocks out the radiation just fine, however, U-238 reactors must use Heavy water, which must be separated from the core because it would make a lot of mass otherwise...