Further delay in startup of Vogtle AP1000s : New Nuclear
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world-nuclear-news.orgPosted Feb 22, 2022, 3:03 PM UTC
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world-nuclear-news.orgWhat a dumpster fire...
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Come to think of it, going off-topic, what happens if the waste catches fire? Genuine question.
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Nuclear waste cannot catch on fire. It's not flammable.
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However, metallic uranium can, as shown by the example of Windscale disaster. Although, IIRC, no current reactors use metallic uranium fuel.
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The Windscale fire was not due to uranium catching fire, but due to using graphite as a moderator, and blowing air through the reactor to cool the reactor....it was the graphite that caught fire...
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Kind of hard to advocate for building with Vogtle continually falling behind and costing more.
and the AP1000 was supposed to streamline things.