News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site. Parent comment

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?
[ Parent | on HN ]
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

[ Parent | on HN ]
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.
[ Parent | on HN ]