Comment on Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors
bemenaker@lemmy.world 11 months agoYou do konw, that it is IMPOSSIBLE for a nuclear reactor to explode in a nuclear fission explosion, aka become a nuclear bomb. Reaching critical mass isn’t possible. Nuclear reactors can catch on fire, if built using graphite, that isn’t done anymore, or have a steam explosion. but that’s it.
grue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They can get hot enough to melt if the reaction isn’t properly regulated (hence, “meltdown”), but you’re correct that that’s still not a fission explosion.