If something breaks and the water in the core depressurizes, it will instantly flash to radioactive steam. One of the primary purposes of the containment building is to prevent the radioactive steam from escaping into the atmosphere. In almost any normal everyday situation, there's no risk whatsoever that water could separate into an incredibly dangerous combination of pure hydrogen gas and pure oxygen gas. It takes so much energy to break those covalent bonds holding the water molecules together because they can't be separated without consuming a huge amount of energy.
Sneak preview of @ErikSTownsend’s upcoming docuseries about the coming global energy crisis.
Why it can’t be avoided, what caused it, and what it will take to solve it.
4th of 5 special episodes airing Sundays in January. Download associated .PDF https://bit.ly/3JoMzXD
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