Comment on China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant

• MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They don’t usually go boom so much as ticky ticky ticky on the Geiger counters, maybe a little glow in the night too…

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  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The likelihood of one blowing its top is about as likely as the front of a boat falling off, which I’d like to make clear is very uncommon

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    • pulsewidth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not sure if you’re being sarcastic but boats splitting in half is not uncommon, as far as boat structural failures go it’s a relatively common one.

      Stats on such a thing are unavailable but there are many news articles regarding boats splitting in half. I’d hope the safety factor on a fission reactor is several orders of magnitude higher than a seafaring vessel.

      marineinsight.com/…/why-do-ships-break-from-the-m…

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      • pineapplepizza@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM

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      • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That depends… do you count tsunami? Operator error? Design hubris?

        All told, I wouldn’t be surprised if a greater percentage of reactors have melted down than big ships have split at sea.

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