FireTower@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoTIL There's a 1.7 Billion Year Old Naturally Occuring Fission Reactor in Africaen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down16
arrow-up1207arrow-down1external-linkTIL There's a 1.7 Billion Year Old Naturally Occuring Fission Reactor in Africaen.m.wikipedia.orgFireTower@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·3 years agoNo. It just means the chain reaction stopped and it’s no longer in uncontrolled meltdown. It’s still emitting a ton of radioactivity though.
minus-squareForester@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down12·3 years agoYes, but it’s all contained to the same area still after millions of years
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·3 years agoChernobyl is contained too. It’s not safe.
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down4·3 years agoIt is safe if you don’t enter the container; that’s what contained means.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down8·3 years agoWhy don’t move next to it then?
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·3 years agoWhy would I move to a warzone in a country poorer than mine, of which I don’t speak the language, know nobody over there, and don’t have any connection to whatsoever?
minus-squareIMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 years agoNo no no, it’s been moved outside of the environment.
No. It just means the chain reaction stopped and it’s no longer in uncontrolled meltdown. It’s still emitting a ton of radioactivity though.
Yes, but it’s all contained to the same area still after millions of years
Chernobyl is contained too. It’s not safe.
It is safe if you don’t enter the container; that’s what contained means.
Why don’t move next to it then?
Why would I move to a warzone in a country poorer than mine, of which I don’t speak the language, know nobody over there, and don’t have any connection to whatsoever?
No no no, it’s been moved outside of the environment.