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Re:First contact made with melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima ... by jobigoud on Saturday February 16, 2019 @02:20AM (#19177530)
But is there a material that humans could build that would sink into Earth like that, for a few kilometers say, either due to melting its way down or gravity or density?
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Re:First contact made with melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima ... by anigbrowl on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @05:45PM (#19203666)
I really don't know. I've never thought of it as anything other than a colorful metaphor and don't know enough physics or chemistry to speculate.
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