The most dangerous room in the world

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

You mean, if it is not possible to stand close to it. It is only one worker. It is a double exposure. The guy probably died within a few days. First responders like him were very courageous, but they all died within a few days from radiation.

yep, about 30 workers suffered immediate deaths following exposure. About 4000 died from related complications in the following months. One study claims over 900,000 premature deaths overall.

 

[Phr3121]

In the basement underneath the reactor at Chernobyl, lies a molten mass of uranium that resulted from the reactor failure.

Natural Uranium is not dangerous (U-238). Neither is U-235 (bomb grade). I actually have samples of Uranium 238 - depleted Uranium. The 'Elephant's Foot' is mainly made up of silicon dioxide, with traces of uranium.

 

[Brampton_Boy]

yeah people dont think... my friend had a stove fire when i was at his house.. he wanted to call the fire department.. i laughed and said just put water on it.,.... simple fix... unfortunately by the time we had that conversation the fire spread to the walls and the house burned down...

I'm pretty sure throwing water on a grease fire will make it worse. It is one of the common mistakes people make trying to put out a stove fire.

 

[Fuzzybabyducks]

I'm pretty sure throwing water on a grease fire will make it worse. It is one of the common mistakes people make trying to put out a stove fire.

Wasn’t a grease fire ... we were lighting cigarette and fire cracks using the burners ... accidentally left a stack of paper on the stove and the paper caught fire and light up a curtain which light up the rest of the house

 

[Brampton_Boy]

Wasn’t a grease fire ... we were lighting cigarette and fire cracks using the burners ... accidentally left a stack of paper on the stove and the paper caught fire and light up a curtain which light up the rest of the house

That makes more sense - at least in terms of the explanation.

I am curious as to why your lighting fire crackers in doors using a stove though.....

 

[Fuzzybabyducks]

That makes more sense - at least in terms of the explanation.

I am curious as to why your lighting fire crackers in doors using a stove though.....

He has a door in the kitchen so we were lighting them and throwing them outside .. in hindsight it probably would of just been better to light them outside

 

[Deleted member 220895]

Every room in Neverland Ranch is the most dangerous room. Even the pool house.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

The most dangerous room in the world is whatever room I’m in because I will instantly fill it with uppercuts.

 

[MFIC]

What timing to be reading this. I’m getting ready to go fishing right next to a radioactive waste disposable site

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Damn.. super cool story. That is something scary right there.

If it's impossible for the camera to be close to it then how is there two men standing right by it. i dont get it.

It does not kill you instantly but a little time after.

As far as I know (slow day at work... have been doing some research) there is no info about the 2 guys in that pic. So I would think both died and they covered it.

 

[Sanctus]

Name of the guy in the pic: Artur Korneyev

Apparently, he still lives.

 

[MoneyGun]

What timing to be reading this. I’m getting ready to go fishing right next to a radioactive waste disposable site

I had a chick try to sell me on visiting by telling me that the fishing is great because the nuclear plant keeps the water warm year round. Thanks, but no thanks lady.

 

[MFIC]

I had a chick try to sell me on visiting by telling me that the fishing is great because the nuclear plant keeps the water warm year round. Thanks, but no thanks lady.

It does, but not the case where I’m fishing. The nuclear waste dump site I’m talking about is too far from the water to have any warning effect.

I fish at coal power plant lakes during the winter. The water stays warms & fishing is great. I’ve never been to a lake that is used to cool a nuclear plant.

 

[I am your real dad]

@dissectingaorticaneurysm
This is the most dangerous room in the world:

Yea,
Just ask this Monika Lewinsky.

 

[rj144]

In the basement underneath the reactor at Chernobyl, lies a molten mass of uranium that resulted from the reactor failure. It melted through several floors of reinforced concrete and steel and eventually came to rest at the basement. There were concerns it would eat through the final layer and poison the soil but it's heat has dissipated significantly over the years.

It is much radioactively weaker than it once was (ah the magic of half-lifes) so what would once kill you within seconds now requires an hour within its presence.

It's not uranium. It's corium.

 

[rj144]

You mean, if it is not possible to stand close to it. It is only one worker. It is a double exposure. The guy probably died within a few days. First responders like him were very courageous, but they all died within a few days from radiation.

That guy wasn't a first responder. They found this months later.

 

[Goon Dog]

I think not.

 

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

It's not uranium. It's corium.

corium isn't an element- it's a term for the material created during a nuclear meltdown. In the case of Chernobyl:

The largest known amounts of corium were formed during the Chernobyl disaster.[15] The molten mass of reactor core dripped under the reactor vessel and now is solidified in forms of stalactites, stalagmites, and lava flows; the best known formation is the "Elephant's Foot," located under the bottom of the reactor in a Steam Distribution Corridor.[16][17]

The Chernobyl corium is composed of the reactor uranium dioxide fuel, its zircaloy cladding, molten concrete, and decomposed and molten serpentinite packed around the reactor as its thermal insulation.

 

[puppybird]

Name of the guy in the pic: Artur Korneyev

Apparently, he still lives.

As you can see in the photograph, he’s got a splitting headache

 

[rj144]

corium isn't an element- it's a term for the material created during a nuclear meltdown. In the case of Chernobyl:

The largest known amounts of corium were formed during the Chernobyl disaster.[15] The molten mass of reactor core dripped under the reactor vessel and now is solidified in forms of stalactites, stalagmites, and lava flows; the best known formation is the "Elephant's Foot," located under the bottom of the reactor in a Steam Distribution Corridor.[16][17]

The Chernobyl corium is composed of the reactor uranium dioxide fuel, its zircaloy cladding, molten concrete, and decomposed and molten serpentinite packed around the reactor as its thermal insulation.

I didn't say it was an element. It's corium. It's not pure uranium.