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minus-squareHarvest2271@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s just a comic but made me think. Is there nuclear waste that’s flammable?
minus-squareKokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI don’t think so. And if there is, the cask it’s transported in would not be damaged by a floating burning head hitting it.
minus-squarePhotonic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI don’t know. This head looks pretty giant. About as big as the trailer of the truck. But even if it was damaged and there were some flammable fluids inside it still wouldn’t set off a nuclear explosion.
minus-squareSiethron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThere’s a dump near my workplace that has old radioactive waste buried deep. It is also on fire (underground) and has been slowly burning for like the last decade.
minus-squareKokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThat sounds interesting. Do you mind sharing where the dump is?
minus-squareSapientLasagna@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoYes! Uranium and plutonium metals are not only flammable, but are also pyrophoric, meaning the can self ignite in air.
It’s just a comic but made me think. Is there nuclear waste that’s flammable?
I don’t think so. And if there is, the cask it’s transported in would not be damaged by a floating burning head hitting it.
I don’t know. This head looks pretty giant. About as big as the trailer of the truck.
But even if it was damaged and there were some flammable fluids inside it still wouldn’t set off a nuclear explosion.
There’s a dump near my workplace that has old radioactive waste buried deep. It is also on fire (underground) and has been slowly burning for like the last decade.
That sounds interesting. Do you mind sharing where the dump is?
North west St Louis County
Yes! Uranium and plutonium metals are not only flammable, but are also pyrophoric, meaning the can self ignite in air.