Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site

Re:Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a ... by qikInNdOutReply on Friday December 16, 2022 @02:51PM (#34019349)

I ment the first sovjet reactor, were they literally diverted a river through the reactor core. Polluting all villages and a sea down stream forever.

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Re:Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a ... by jacquesm on Friday December 16, 2022 @02:52PM (#34019369)

Oh that's really ugly, do you know which reactor this was?

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Re:Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a ... by dTal on Friday December 16, 2022 @03:10PM (#34019634)

They are referring to Mayak, and however ugly you're picturing, it's probably worse: a Chernobyl-level radiological release, but on deliberate as operational procedure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayak

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Re:Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a ... by jacquesm on Friday December 16, 2022 @03:38PM (#34020014)

Holy crap, I never knew about this. Wow. That's a level of irresponsibility that I did not think would exist even in that part of the world. Incredible.

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Re:Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a ... by arethuza on Saturday December 17, 2022 @04:29AM (#34026283)

I think the first US plutonium producing reactors at Hanford also used direct cooling by river water.

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